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Son Of God
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| Jesus, Son of Mary and John |
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A Quest to find the god of whom Jesus is the son of
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| 10:30 I and my Father are one. |
| 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. |
| 10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? |
| 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. |
| 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? |
| 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; |
| 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? |
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The Feast of the Dedication:
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At the Feast of the Dedication while in the temple in Solomon's porch in Jerusalem, Jesus annoyed the Jews by his saying 'I and my Father are one.'
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'Thou blasphesest because that thou being a man thou makest thyself God.' |
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'Is it not written in your law, (Psalm 82:6) I said ye are gods? If he called them gods UNTO WHOM THE WORD OF GOD CAME, and the Scripture cannot be broken, say ye of me, I blasphemest because I said I am the Son of God?' |
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Did Jesus meant that he was the Son of God Almighty, or Jahovah or Yahweh? |
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No. He took time in quoting the Law to support his explanation!
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St. Luke in 3:1-2 solves the riddle most beautifully by his testimony:
'Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pilate being Governor, Herod being Tetrarch, Annas and Caiaphas being High Priests, THE WORD OF GOD CAME UNTO JOHN, THE SON OF ZACHARIAS IN THE WILDERNESS.'
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By the scriptural law of the Jews, relevant still in Jesus' time, he unto whom the word of God came was called God.
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The Relevancy of God, Who was he.
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The word of God came unto John, son of Zachariah.
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John had to be regarded as God then, by Law. |
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| Jesus said: |
I am the son of God.
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| Meaning: |
He was the son of John.
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| Jesus said: |
'I and my Father are one.' (John 10:30)
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| Poignancy: |
'that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in him.' (John 10:38)
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| Jews reaction: |
They picked up stones but could not stone him. They were dumbfounded, astonished at his doctrine, his true and wise interpretation of their Law. For they understood him and had to concede to it that he meant that he was son of:
'he unto whom the word of God came.'
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| Qur'anic Support: |
The word of God came to John, viz:
'O John take hold of the Book'. 19:12
'Surely, I am a Servant of Allah, He has given me the Book and made me a Prophet.' 19: 30
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Comments:
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Jesus Defense of the claim that he is the Son of God:
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Look carefully here in the different translations, Jesus is saying that: according to your Law ( Psalm 82:6), those to whom the word of God came to or to whom the message of God came to, these were called Gods. And this was according to Jewish Law. Now, God the Almighty, would not send the word to Himself, but to a messenger (a Prophet) among men. These men were called Gods and the Most High or High Priests; these were titles given to them.
King James
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
John 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
American Standard
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods?
John 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
Living Bible
John 10:34 (-36) "In your own Law it says that men are gods!'' he replied. "So if the Scripture, which cannot be untrue, speaks of those as gods to whom the message of God came, do you call it blasphemy when the one sanctified and sent into the world by the Father says, 'I am the Son of God'?
Revised Standard
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, you are gods'?
John 10:35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken),
Simple English
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, ``This is written in your law: `I said that you are gods.'
John 10:35 The message of God came to them, and since he said `gods'--and the Scripture cannot be broken--
Transliteration, Pronounceable
John 10:34 Apekri'thee autoi's ho Ieesou's, @"Ouk e'stingegramme'non en too' no'moo humoo'n ho'ti: "Egoo' ei'pa, theoi'este?"
John 10:35 Ei ekei'nous ei'pen "theou's" pro's hou's holo'gos tou' Theou' ege'neto, kai' ou du'natai luthee'nai heegrafee',
Transliteration, Unaccented
John 10:34 Apekrithe autois ho Iesous, @"Ouk estingegrammenon en to nomo humon hoti: "Ego eipa, theoieste?"
John 10:35 Ei ekeinous eipen "theous" pros hous hologos tou Theou egeneto, kai ou dunatai luthenai hegrafe,
New Jerusalem with Apocrypha
John 10:34 Jesus answered: Is it not written in your Law: I said, you are gods?
John 10:35 So it uses the word "gods" of those people to whom the word of God was addressed, and scripture cannot be set aside.
Young's Bible
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, 'Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?
John 10:35 if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)
Darby's Bible
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
John 10:35 If he called *them* gods to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
Weymouth's New Testament
John 10:34 "Does it not stand written in your Law," replied Jesus, "'I SAID, YOU ARE GODS'?
John 10:35 If those to whom God's word was addressed are called gods (and the Scripture cannot be annulled),
Webster's Bible
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
John 10:35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
New World Translation Bible
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods?
John 10:35 If he called 'gods' those against whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be nullified;
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