savior has definitions from the fields of Judaism,religion,Christianity
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[ noun ] (Judaism,religion,Christianity) a prophet of the first century; to Christians he was both God and man--the Messiah sent to save the human race from the sin it inherited through the Fall of Man (circa 8 BC - 29 AD)

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(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)

To be the Savior and the Lord , Jesus_Christ has to be a historical individual with a biography all his own ; he dare not be a cosmic aeon that swoops to earth for_a_while but never identifies itself with man 's history .

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Jew Son prophet el_nino deliver

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[ noun ] a person who rescues you from harm or danger

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benefactor messiah save deliver

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