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John’s Gospel & the Worship of Jesus Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
In this post (https://answeringislam.blog/johns-gospel-the-worship-of-jesus-pt-1/) I will demonstrate that John’s Gospel affirms that Jesus is to be worshiped as God in the flesh. I will prove that John depicts Jesus as the human incarnation of the uniquely begotten Son of God who is worthy of the same
John’s Gospel & the Worship of Jesus Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
The Gospel of John reports an incident where a blind man whom Jesus healed worshiped Christ when asked whether he believed in him: “Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ The man
Jesus Worshiped as God in Luke Paid Members Public
In Luke’s Gospel, the disciples worship Jesus after having physically ascended into heaven right before their eyes: “As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, ‘Peace be to you.’ But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen
The Trinity in Isaiah 61 Paid Members Public
In the book of Isaiah we have a case where YHWH speaks of YHWH anointing him by placing his Spirit upon him for the express purpose of preaching the Gospel: The Spirit of Lord Yahweh is upon me Because Yahweh has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted;
Origen, Matthew & the Resurrection of Saints Paid Members Public
In Matthew’s Gospel, the Evangelist mentions that when Jesus died, the dead bodies of the saint lain prone in the open and then came to live when Christ rose on the third day. These saints that showed themselves in the holy city: “And when Jesus had cried out again
The Bookend of John’s Prologue Paid Members Public
The biblical authors, particularly the NT writers, employed a literary device known as inclusio, or a bookend. This is a literary feature (also known as bracketing or envelope structure/enveloping) wherein a passage begins and ends with the same or similar words, phrases, or themes. The author employs this to
John 1:18 – The Only Begotten Son Paid Members Public
The following post is taken from James E. Snapp’s blog: John 1:18 – The Only Begotten Son. In the preceding three posts about John 1:18, we have considered (1) the case for rendering μονογενὴς as “only begotten,” (2) some patristic evidence for rival readings in John 1:18,
Irenaeus, Jesus’ Age & Apostolic Tradition Paid Members Public
I cite a section from St. Irenaeus’ Adversus haereses (“Against Heresies”), where he explicitly states that the elders/bishops personally received and were taught a tradition from the Apostles such as John that our Lord was older than thirty, and was in fact in his forties when his earthly ministry