In both cases, one doesn't get the title of "messiah" or "antichist" for just merely being some random dude, he must have performed actions that set him completely apart from the rest of humans. In both cases it's a god like status, so there must be a reason for that, actions he did And so far when it comes to it, the most impressive stuff he did that I heard about, was to memorize the entire torah + talmud, at age of 15 Well it sure is impressive, that being said I had an acquaintance who could memorize entire phone book pages, at least it was his reputation and we were around 17, so... Yeah well, religious "ultras" such as ultra orthodox spend their entire day studying theology, they do nothing else until they reach 18 if memory serves, and he's obviously one of them What else can/did he do? Healed people by just touching them, or stuffs like that?