FOOTNOTES:
[1] Christ is the Greek word which corresponds with the Hebrew word Messiah, meaning “The Anointed One.” Amongst the Jews three classes of men were anointed to their official duties—Prophets, Priests, and Kings. And the name “Messiah” implied that they expected the Deliverer to bear office in these ways; and especially as King, the highest of these offices.
[2] In a similar passage of S. Matthew the difficult expression occurs, “The Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force” (S. Matt. xi 12); but the meaning seems to be the same. Our Lord was calling attention to the fact that the expected King had come and His Kingdom was open to the eager zeal of such as would seize upon it and press into it.