Who was the First to Recognize Jesus as the Messiah?

This is another one of those posts where you will not read too much of what I am thinking about as in other articles like the one titled, About the Previous Post, the Codex and Satan, On Doubt, On Scriptures like Daniel 10, and On Struggles, in which you probably are burdened with reading about too many of my thoughts all at once…lol. Well, taking a break from my ideas, I wanted to share this article by Ben Witherington III which I read in the Bible History Daily from the Biblical Archeology Review. The article is titled: Mary, Simeon or Anna: Who First Recognized Jesus as Messiah? Enough introductions, the link to the article is below, and I hope you enjoy reading it. Blessings! 

Mary, Simeon or Anna: Who First Recognized Jesus as Messiah? – Biblical Archaeology Society

References:

http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/mary-simeon-or-anna-who-first-recognized-jesus-as-messiah/

Witherington, Ben, III. “Mary, Simeon or Anna.” Bible Review, Winter 2005, 12-14, 51. All Bible Review articles are available in the BAS Library, as well as on the Bible Review Archive CD.