Redemptive suffering He made Himself human in Jesus in order to redeem mankind: It is believed that Jesus freed mankind from the bondage of sin: Thus one may consider that God paid for mankind's freedom from sin in His human incarnation: The belief is that the price that God, in Jesus, paid for the redemption of mankind, is the Passion, that is, his suffering and agony that led directly to his Crucifixion. Christians believe that, as members of the Church, they are members of the body of Jesus Christ: Hence, orthodox Catholic theology presents the belief that our suffering can be united
Christians Talmudic term originally derived from the fact that Jesus came from the Galilean village of Nazareth, today in northern Israel. Adherents of Messianic Judaism are referred to in modern Hebrew as יְהוּדִים מְשִׁיחִיִּים ("Yehudim Meshihi'im"—"Messianic Jews"). In Arabic-speaking cultures, two words are commonly used for Christians: "Naṣrānī" (), plural "Naṣārā" () is generally understood to be derived from Nazareth through the Syriac (Aramaic); "Masīḥī" () means followers of the Messiah. Where there is a distinction, "Nasrani" refers to people from a Christian culture and "Masihi" is used by Christians themselves for those with a religious faith in Jesus. In some