John 1:41

Εὑρίσκει οὗτος πρῶτος τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἴδιον Σίμωνα, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Εὑρήκαμεν τὸν Μεσίαν—ὅ ἐστι μεθερμηνευόμενον, Χριστός.

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 2147; heuriskei; εὑρίσκει; he finds; V-PIA-3S

Strongs 3778; houtos; οὗτος; this one; DPro-NMS

Strongs 4412; prōton; πρῶτον; first; Adv-S

Strongs 3588; ton; τὸν; the; Art-AMS

Strongs 80; adelphon; ἀδελφὸν; brother; N-AMS

Strongs 3588; ton; τὸν; the; Art-AMS

Strongs 2398; idion; ἴδιον; own; Adj-AMS

Strongs 4613; Simōna; Σίμωνα; Hearing; N-AMS

Strongs 2532; kai; καὶ; and; Conj

Strongs 3004; legei; λέγει; he is speaking; V-PIA-3S

Strongs 846; autō; αὐτῷ; to himself; PPro-DM3S

Strongs 2147; Heurēkamen; Εὑρήκαμεν; We have found; V-RIA-1P

Strongs 3588; ton; τὸν; the; Art-AMS

Strongs 3323; Messian; Μεσσίαν; Messiah; N-AMS

Strongs 3739; ho; ὅ; that; RelPro-NNS

Strongs 1510; estin; ἐστιν; is; V-PIA-3S

Strongs 3177; methermēneuomenon; μεθερμηνευόμενον; that which is being translated; V-PPM/P-NNS

Strongs 5547; Christos; Χριστός; Christ; N-NMS

RBT Translation:

He is finding first the brother of his own self, Hearing, and he is saying to himself, we have found the Anointed One who is being translated "Christ".⁶¹

LITV Translation:
This one first found his own brother Simon and tells him, We have found the Messiah (which being translated is, the Christ).

ESV Translation:
He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ).

Footnotes

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Christos Χριστός (#5547) here lacks any definite article because it is a translation of the Messiah where there is a definite article. A translation wouldn’t constitute a proper name any more than a proper name would constitute a “translation.” Only a couple of translations accurately render this obvious “translating” – the Weymouth New Testament and Young’s Literal Translation. Christos means in the Greek, anointed with olive oil. The root verb is chrió (#G5548) to anoint, consecrate by anointing.

5548 xríō – to anoint by rubbing or pouring olive oil on someone to represent the flow (empowering) of the Holy Spirit. Anointing (literally) involved rubbing olive oil on the head, etc., especially to present someone as divinely-authorized (appointed by God) to serve as prophet, priest or king, etc. Ki 19:16; Lev 8:12; Ps 133:2; 1 Sam 10:1, 16:13; 2 Sam 2:4, 5:3. – Helps Word Studies