simcha613 -“R Akiva thought Bar Kochva was Mashiach and not one of the other Tanaim. It doesn’t sound like the Mashiach will be one of the Gedolei Hador”
He probably thought he was Moshiach Ben Yosef, but not Moshiach Ben Dovid. Because Ben Yosef will wage the war and Ben Dovid will be the king!