As a result of the prophecies seeming to speak of two individuals, many Jewish scholars believed there would be both a suffering Messiah and a conquering Messiah. What they failed to understand is that there is only one Messiah and He would fulfill both roles. Jesus fulfilled the role of the suffering servant (Isaiah chapter 53) in His first coming. Jesus will fulfill the role of Israel’s deliverer and King in His second coming. Zechariah 12:10 and Revelation 1:7, describing the second coming, look back to Jesus being pierced. Israel, and the whole world, will mourn for not having accepted the Messiah the first time He came.
Kwa minajili ya unabii unaonekana kuzungumzia watu wawili, wachanganusi wengi wa Kiyahudi wanaamini kwamba wote Masia wawili watatezeka na Masia washindi. Chenye walikosa kuelewa ni kwamba kuna Masia mmoja na atatimiza majukumu yote. Yesu anatimiza jukumu la mtumishi anayetezeka (Isaya 53) katika kukuja kwake mara ya kwanza. Yesu atatimiza jukumu la kuwaokoa Wasraeli na mfalme katika kukuja kwake mara ya pili. Zekaria 12:10 na Ufunuo Wa Yohana 1:7 zaelezea kukuja kwake mara ya pili, wanaangalia nyuma vile Yesu alichomwa mkuki. Israeli na dunia yote, wataomboleza kwa kutomkubali Masia wakati alikuja mara ya kwanza.