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The story of "The Wandering Jew" is definitely steeped in antisemitism. It was a 13th century pope named Innocent III who compared the Jews to the Biblical Cain (son of Adam and Eve who committed the first murder when he killed his brother, Abel). Cain's punishment was that he was condemned to become a ceaseless wanderer on the earth – which is pretty much what the punishment of "The Wandering Jew" turned out to be in the Christian myth.
One more thing about Pope Innocent III: Among his numerous antisemitic acts, he was also the pope who decreed that Jews living in Christian lands must wear a yellow badge on their clothing in order to identify them. Centuries later, Adolf Hitler took his inspiration from Innocent III when he forced Jews to wear the yellow star.
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