THE BIBLOPEDIA
Consolation Of Israel
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
a name for the Messiah in common use among the Jews, probably suggested by Isaiah 12:1; 49:13. The Greek word thus rendered (Luke 2:25, paraklesis) is kindred to that translated “Comforter” in John 14:16, etc., parakletos.