Anf-03 vi.iii.vii Pg 5
i.e. “Anointed.” Aaron, or at least the priest, is actually so called in the LXX., in Lev. iv. 5; 16, ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ Χριστός: as in the Hebrew it is the word whence Messiah is derived which is used.
from the “chrism,” which is “the unction;” which, when made spiritual, furnished an appropriate name to the Lord, because He was “anointed” with the Spirit by God the Father; as written in the Acts: “For truly they were gathered together in this city8596 8596 Civitate.
against Thy Holy Son whom Thou hast anointed.”8597 8597
Npnf-201 iii.vi.iii Pg 6
“Eusebius here has in mind the passages Lev. iv. 5; 16, and Lev. vi. 22, where the LXX. reads ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ χριστός: The priest, the anointed one” (Closs). The Authorized Version reads, The priest that was anointed; the Revised Version, The anointed priest.
And thus to this dignity of the high priesthood, which in his opinion surpassed the most honorable position among men, he attached for the sake of honor and glory the name of Christ.
