Did Jesus claim Divinity?

[scriptures]

I didn't say that, sorry. I repeated what I claimed, then answered a question.

Then you did not support your claim that Jesus is fully God and fully man....

 

[Zebra1552]

Then what's the use of "Maybe"????? doubt????

It's called stating the obvious. Being rhetorical and sarcastic. Maybe you'd like to concede now and say I win? Yeah, that is rhetorical and sarcastic too. I don't expect an answer. And I am playing with words to state the obvious things about the passage. I'm surprised I need to explain that.

 

[Zebra1552]

Then you did not support your claim that Jesus is fully God and fully man....

I gave plenty on pages 2-4. I don't need to support something twice in the same thread to gain credibility, not when you ignore me the first time.

 

[scriptures]

It's called stating the obvious. Being rhetorical and sarcastic. Maybe you'd like to concede now and say I win? Yeah, that is rhetorical and sarcastic too. I don't expect an answer. And I am playing with words to state the obvious things about the passage. I'm surprised I need to explain that.

Won???? Brother, this is not about winning.... it's about facts, truth.....

"maybe"..... it's a synonyms for perhaps, possibly.....

 

[scriptures]

I gave plenty on pages 2-4. I don't need to support something twice in the same thread to gain credibility, not when you ignore me the first time.

I went back....pages 2-4.... I did not find any post from you......

Can you be specific? I really love to learn from you.....

As I told you....I will be patient with you....

 

[PeacaHeaven]

I gave plenty on pages 2-4. I don't need to support something twice in the same thread to gain credibility, not when you ignore me the first time.

That's been going on for many pages already. Many facts were shown from the Bible that prove His Deity but they refuse them.
Their refusal doesn't mean the claims are not there it just means that they won't accept them.

 

[Gary51]

Christ insulted the Pharisees, Gary,

Christ never insulted the Pharisees.... The fact that you attribute such a negative aspect to the nature of Jesus proves you understand His nature not.

Christ pointed out to them their nature, not insults... there is a difference.

The rest of your post was an insult. I guess maybe that is part of your nature. Un-Christ like.

Later thoughts...

"You nest of vipers".... Ummmm Could be an insult.

 

[Gary51]

Then you did not support your claim that Jesus is fully God and fully man....

That's because there is no biblical support... only man-made doctine.

How can something be 100% this and 100% that.... Impossible... It is either 100% this or 100% that. It cannot be both.

God is the creator of mathematics. He made 1+1=2

1+1+1=1 or 3=1, violates the laws of mathematics that God created.

 

[Zebra1552]

That's because there is no biblical support... only man-made doctine.

How can something be 100% this and 100% that.... Impossible... It is either 100% this or 100% that. It cannot be both.

God is the creator of mathematics. He made 1+1=2

1+1+1=1 or 3=1, violates the laws of mathematics that God created.

Funny. I always thought 3 x 1/3 = 1

And if it is so man made, why is it in the Bible verses you refuse to look at?

 

[katholikos]

Did Jesus say he is a God?

The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus is God (cf. John 8:58, 10:38, 14:10; Col. 2:9). And yes, Jesus DID say he was God. In John 8:58, when quizzed about how he has special knowledge of Abraham, Jesus replies, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I Am"—invoking and applying to himself the personal name of God—"I Am" (Ex. 3:14). His audience understood exactly what he was claiming about himself. "So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple" (John 8:59). In John 5:18 we are told that Jesus’ opponents sought to kill him because he "called God his Father, making himself equal with God."

In John 20:28, Thomas falls at Jesus’ feet, exclaiming, "My Lord and my God!" (Greek: Ho Kurios mou kai ho Theos mou—literally, "The Lord of me and the God of me!")

Philippians 2:6 says that Jesus "who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped" (New International Version). So Jesus chose to be born in humble, human form though he could have simply remained in equal glory with the Father for he was "in very nature God."

Also significant are passages that apply the title "the First and the Last" to Jesus (Rev. 1:17). This is one of the Old Testament titles of Yahweh: "Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of armies: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; besides me there is no god’" (Is. 44:6; cf. 41:4, 48:12). This title is directly applied to Jesus three times in the book of Revelation: "When I saw him [Christ], I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, ‘Fear not, I am the First and the Last’" (Rev. 1:17). "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the First and the Last, who died and came to life’" (Rev. 2:8). "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the beginning and the end" (Rev. 22:12–13).

This last quote is especially significant since it applies to Jesus the parallel title "the Alpha and the Omega," which Revelation earlier applied to the Lord God: "‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty" (Rev. 1:8).


But did the early Christians believe this? YES! Here are some quotes:

Ignatius of Antioch: "Ignatius, also called Theophorus, to the Church at Ephesus in Asia . . . predestined from eternity for a glory that is lasting and unchanging, united and chosen through true suffering by the will of the Father in Jesus Christ our God" (Letter to the Ephesians 1 [A.D. 110]).

Aristides: "[Christians] are they who, above every people of the earth, have found the truth, for they acknowledge God, the Creator and maker of all things, in the only-begotten Son and in the Holy Spirit" (Apology 16 [A.D. 140]).

Clement of Alexandria: "The Word, then, the Christ, is the cause both of our ancient beginning—for he was in God—and of our well-being. And now this same Word has appeared as man. He alone is both God and man, and the source of all our good things" (Exhortation to the Greeks 1:7:1 [A.D. 190]).

 

[Zebra1552]

Christ never insulted the Pharisees.... The fact that you attribute such a negative aspect to the nature of Jesus proves you understand His nature not.

Christ laid tons of insults on them. Let's look at just Matthew 23 and see how many there are:

Mat 23:1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,
Mat 23:2 saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;
Mat 23:3 therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.
Mat 23:4 "They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.
Mat 23:5 "But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.
Mat 23:6 "They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Mat 23:7 and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men.
Mat 23:8 "But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.
Mat 23:9 "Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
Mat 23:10 "Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ.
Mat 23:11 "But the greatest among you shall be your servant.
Mat 23:12 "Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
Mat 23:13 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
Mat 23:14 ["Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]
Mat 23:15 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
Mat 23:16 "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.'
Mat 23:17 "You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?
Mat 23:18 "And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, that is nothing, but whoever swears by the offering on it, he is obligated.'
Mat 23:19 "You blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering?
Mat 23:20 "Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears both by the altar and by everything on it.
Mat 23:21 "And whoever swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells within it.
Mat 23:22 "And whoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.
Mat 23:23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.
Mat 23:24 "You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
Mat 23:25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.
Mat 23:26 "You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.
Mat 23:27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
Mat 23:28 "So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Mat 23:29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
Mat 23:30 and say, 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
Mat 23:31 "So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Mat 23:32 "Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.
Mat 23:33 "You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?
Mat 23:34 "Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,
Mat 23:35 so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Mat 23:36 "Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Mat 23:37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.
Mat 23:38 "Behold, your house is being left to you desolate!
Mat 23:39 "For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, 'BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!'"

I count 22, possibly 20 if you want to lump a few together. Amongst 39 verses. That means that half the verses insult the Pharisees.

Christ pointed out to them their nature, not insults... there is a difference.

And in the process, He insulted them. Go read your Bible again.

The rest of your post was an insult. I guess maybe that is part of your nature. Un-Christ like.

Yeah, sure Gary. That's why most of it is true. Must be part of your nature too. Why do you write stuff about me that I can just as easily shoot back at you? It's illogical.

"You nest of vipers".... Ummmm Could be an insult.

That is an insult. There's no getting around it.

My, with all that typing you could just read the thing. It takes far less time than squabbling over it.

 

[scriptures]

Godchild, answer for post #665 please....

 

[Zebra1552]

Godchild, answer for post #665 please....

I use 40 posts per page. There. Have fun reading.

 

[Zebra1552]

That's been going on for many pages already. Many facts were shown from the Bible that prove His Deity but they refuse them.
Their refusal doesn't mean the claims are not there it just means that they won't accept them.

Funny, that's what I've been saying. I wonder when they'll listen?

 

[scriptures]

Funny. I always thought 3 x 1/3 = 1

And if it is so man made, why is it in the Bible verses you refuse to look at?

1/3 is not 100 percent.....

What verses?

 

[scriptures]

I use 40 posts per page. There. Have fun reading.

Sorry but I did not find any..... be specific.....

 

[Blank123]

Did Jesus say he is a God?

Jesus Claimed to Be Yahweh. Yahweh ( YHWH ; sometimes appearing in English translations as Jehovah or in small capital letters as " Lord" ) is the special name given by God for himself in the Old Testament. It is the name revealed to Moses in Exodus 3:14 , when God said, "I AM WHO I AM." Other titles for God may be used of humans, such as Adonai (Lord) in Gen. 18:12 , or false gods, such as elohim (gods) in Deut. 6:14 . Yahweh , however, only refers to the one true God. No other person or thing was to be worshiped or served ( Exod. 20:5 ), and his name and glory were not to be given to another. Isaiah wrote, 'This is what the Lord says. . . . I am the first, and I am the last; apart from me there is no God' ( Isa. 44:6 ) and, 'I am the L ord ; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another, or my praise to idols' ( 42:8 ).

Jesus claimed to be Yahweh . He prayed, 'And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was' ( John 17:5 ). But Yahweh of the Old Testament said, 'my glory will I not give to another' ( Isa. 42:8 ). Jesus also declared, 'I am the first and the last' ( Rev. 1:17 )precisely the words used by Jehovah in Isaiah 42:8 . He said, 'I am the good shepherd' ( John 10:11 ), but the Old Testament said, ' Yahweh is my shepherd' ( Ps. 23:1 ). Further, Jesus claimed to be the judge of all people ( Matt. 25:31f .; John 5:27f .), but Joel quotes Jehovah as saying, 'for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side' ( Joel 3:12 ). Likewise, Jesus spoke of himself as the 'bridegroom' ( Matt. 25:1 ) while the Old Testament identifies Jehovah in this way ( Isa. 62:5 ; Hos. 2:16 ). While the Psalmist declares, "The Lord is my light" ( Ps. 27:1 ), Jesus said, "I am the light of the world" ( John 8:12 ).

Perhaps the strongest claim Jesus made to be Yahweh is in John 8:58 , where he says, 'Before Abraham was, I am.' This statement claims not only existence before Abraham, but equality with the 'I AM' of Exodus 3:14 . The Jews around him clearly understood his meaning and picked up stones to kill him for blaspheming (cf. John 8:58 and 10:31-33 ). The same claim is made in Mark 14:62 and John 18:5-6 .

Jesus Claimed to Be Equal with God. Jesus claimed to be equal with God in other ways. One was by claiming for himself the prerogatives of God. He said to a paralytic, 'Son, your sins are forgiven' ( Mark 2:5-11 ). The scribes correctly responded, 'Who can forgive sins but God alone?' So, to prove that his claim was not an empty boast he healed the man, offering direct proof that what he had said about forgiving sins was true also.

Another prerogative Jesus claimed was the power to raise and judge the dead: 'I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live . . . and come out' 'those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned' ( John 5:25 , 29 ). He removed all doubt about his meaning when he added, 'For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it' ( John 5:21 ). But the Old Testament clearly taught that only God was the giver of life ( Deut. 32:39 ; 1 Sam. 2:6 ) and the one to raise the dead ( Ps. 2:7 ) and the only judge ( Deut. 32:35 ; Joel 3:12 ). Jesus boldly assumed for himself powers that only God has.

Jesus also claimed that he should be honored as God. He said that all men should 'honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him' ( John 5:23 ). The Jews listening knew that no one should claim to be equal with God in this way, and again they reached for stones ( John 5:18 ).

Jesus Claimed to Be Messiah-God. Even the Qur'an recognizes that Jesus was the Messiah (sura 5:17, 75). But the Old Testament teaches that the coming Messiah would be God himself. So when Jesus claimed to be that Messiah, he was also claiming to be God. For example, the prophet Isaiah (in 9:6 ) calls the Messiah, 'Mighty God.' The psalmist wrote of Messiah, 'Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever' ( Ps. 45:6 ; cf. Heb. 1:8 ). Psalm 110:1 records a conversation between the Father and the Son: 'The Lord ( Yahweh ) says to my Lord ( Adonai ): 'Sit at my right hand.'' Jesus applied this passage to himself in Matthew 22:43-44 . In the great messianic prophecy of Daniel 7 , the Son of Man is called the 'Ancient of Days' (vs. 22 ), a phrase used twice in the same passage of God the Father (vss. 9 , 13 ). Jesus also said he was the Messiah at his trial before the high priest. When asked, 'Are you the Christ [Greek for 'Messiah'], the Son of the Blessed One?' Jesus responded, 'I am. . . . And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven. 'At this, the high priest tore his robe and said, 'Why do we need any more witnesses? . . . You have heard the blasphemy!' ( Mark 14:61-64 ). There was no doubt that in claiming to be Messiah, Jesus also claimed to be God (see also Matt. 26:54 ; Luke 24:27 ).

Jesus Claimed to Be God by Accepting Worship. The Old Testament forbids worshiping anyone other than God ( Exod. 20:1-4 ; Deut. 5:6-9 ). The New Testament agrees, showing that humans refused worship ( Acts 14:15 ), as did angels ( Rev. 22:8-9 ). But Jesus accepted worship on numerous occasions, showing he claimed to be God. A healed leper worshiped him ( Matt. 8:2 ), and a ruler knelt before him with a request ( Matt. 9:18 ). After he stilled the storm, 'those who were in the boat worshiped him saying, 'Truly you are the Son of God'' ( Matt. 14:33 ). A group of Canaanite women ( Matt. 15:25 ), the mother of James and John ( Matt. 20:20 ), the Gerasene demoniac ( Mark 5:6 ), all worshiped Jesus without one word of rebuke. The disciples worshiped him after his resurrection ( Matt. 28:17 ). Thomas saw the risen Christ and cried out, 'My Lord and my God!' ( John 20:28 ). This could only be allowed by a person who seriously considered himself to be God. Not only did Jesus accept this worship due to God alone without rebuking those who gave it, but he even commended those who acknowledged his deity ( John 20:29 ; Matt. 16:17 ).

Jesus Claimed to Have Equal Authority with God. Jesus also put his words on a par with God's. 'You have heard that it was said to the people long ago. . . . But I tell you . . .' ( Matt. 5:21 , 22 ) is repeated over and over again. 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations . . .'( Matt. 28:18-19 ). God had given the Ten Commandments to Moses, but Jesus said,'A new commandment I give you: Love one another' ( John 13:34 ). Jesus said, 'until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law' ( Matt. 5:18 ), but later Jesus said of his words, 'Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away' ( Matt. 24:35 ). Speaking of those who reject him, Jesus said, 'that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day' ( John 12:48 ). There is no question that Jesus expected his words to have equal authority with God's declarations in the Old Testament.

Jesus Claimed to Be God by Requesting Prayer in His Name. Jesus not only asked people to believe in him and obey his commandments, but he asked them to pray in his name. 'And I will do whatever you ask in my name. . . . You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it' ( John 14:13-14 ). 'If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you' ( John 15:7 ). Jesus even insisted, 'No one comes to the Father except through me' ( John 14:6 ). In response to this, the disciples not only prayed in Jesus' name ( 1 Cor. 5:4 ), but prayed to Christ ( Acts 7:59 ). Jesus certainly intended that his name be invoked both before God and as God in prayer.

In view of these clear ways in which Jesus claimed to be God, any unbiased observer of the Gospels should recognize that Jesus of Nazareth did claim to be God in human flesh. He claimed to be identical to Yahweh of the Old Testament...

Evidence That Jesus Is God. To say that Jesus and his disciples claimed that he was God in human flesh does not in itself prove that he is God. The real question is whether there is any good reason to believe the claims. To support his claims to deity, Jesus showed supernatural power and authority that is unique in human history.

Fulfilled Messianic Prophecies. There were dozens of predictive prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the Messiah ( see Prophecy as Proof for Bible ). Consider the following predictions, made centuries in advance, that Jesus would be:

1. born of a woman ( Gen. 3:15 ; cf. Gal. 4:4 ).
2. born of a virgin ( Isa 7:14 ; cf. Matt. 1:21f .) ( see Virgin Birth ).
3. cut off (would die) 483 years after the declaration to reconstruct the temple in 444 b.c . ( Dan. 9:24f .; this was fulfilled to the year. See Hoehner, 115-38).
4. The seed of Abraham ( Gen. 12:1-3 and 22:18 ; cf. Matt. 1:1 and Gal. 3:16 ).
5. of the tribe of Judah ( Gen. 49:10 ; cf. Luke 3:23 , 33 and Heb. 7:14 ).
6. a descendant of David ( 2 Sam. 7:12f .; cf. Matt. 1:1 ).
7. born in Bethlehem ( Micah 5:2 ; cf. Matt. 2:1 and Luke 2:4-7 ).
8. anointed by the Holy Spirit ( Isa. 11:2 ; cf. Matt. 3:16-17 ).
9. heralded by a messenger ( Isa. 40:3 and Mal. 3:1 ; cf. Matt. 3:1-2 ).
10. a worker of miracles ( Isa. 35:5-6 ; cf. Matt. 9:35 ; see Miracles in the Bible ).
11. cleanser of the temple ( Mal. 3:1 ; cf. Matt. 21:12f .).
12. rejected by Jews ( Ps. 118:22 ; cf. 1 Peter 2:7 ).
13. die a humiliating death ( Ps. 22 and Isa. 53 ; cf. Matt. 27:31f .). His death would involve:
enduring rejection by his own people ( Isa. 53:3 ; cf. John 1:10-11 ; 7:5 , 48 ).
standing silence before his accusers ( Isa. 53:7 ; cf. Matt. 27:12-19 ).
being mocked ( Ps. 22:7-8 ; cf. Matt. 27:31 ).
having hands and feet pierced ( Ps. 22:16 ; cf. Luke 23:33 ).
being crucified with thieves ( Isa. 53:12 ; cf. Mark 15:27-28 ).
praying for his persecutors ( Isa. 53:12 ; cf. Luke 23:34 ).
the piercing of his side ( Zech. 12:10 ; cf. John 19:34 ).
burial in a rich man's tomb ( Isa. 53:9 ; cf. Matt. 27:57-60 ).
the casting of lots for his garments ( Ps. 22:18 ; cf. John 19:23-24 ).
14. being raised from the dead ( Ps. 2:7 and 16:10 ; cf. Acts 2:31 and Mark 16:6 ).
15. ascending into heaven ( Ps. 68:18 ; cf. Acts 1:9 ).
16. sitting at the right hand of God ( Ps. 110:1 ; cf. Heb. 1:3 ).

These prophecies were written hundreds of years before Christ was born. They are too precise to have been based on reading trends of the times or just intelligent guesses, like 'prophecies' in a supermarket tabloid.

They are also more precise than the so-called prophecies of Muhammad in the Qur'an ( see Qur'an Alleged Divine Origin of ). Even the most liberal critics admit that the prophetic books were completed at least 400 years before Christ and the Book of Daniel no later than 165 b . c ( see Daniel, Dating of ). There is good evidence to date these books much earlier (some Psalms and early prophets to the eighth and ninth centuries b.c .). But any reasonable dating places these writings long before Jesus lived. It is humanly impossible to make clear, repeated and accurate predictions 200 years in the future. The fulfillment of these prophecies in a theistic universe is miraculous and points to a divine confirmation of Jesus as the Messiah....



The Resurrection. Nothing like the resurrection of Christ is claimed by any other religion, and no other miracle has as much historical confirmation. Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third day in the same physical body, though transformed, in which he died. In this resurrected physical body he appeared to more than 500 disciples on at least one of twelve different occasions over a forty-day period and conversed with them ( Acts 1:3 ; 1 Cor. 15:3-6 ; see Resurrection, Order of Events ). The nature, extent, and times of, these appearances remove any doubt that Jesus indeed rose from the dead in the numerically same body of flesh and bones in which he died. During each appearance he was seen and heard with the natural senses of the observer. On at least four occasions he was touched or offered himself to be touched. At least twice he definitely was touched with physical hands. Four times Jesus ate physical food with his disciples. Four times they saw his empty tomb, and twice he showed them his crucifixion scars. He literally exhausted the ways it is possible to prove that he rose bodily from the grave. No event in the ancient world has more eyewitness verification than does the resurrection of Jesus ( see Resurrection, Evidence for )...

Old Testament prediction of the resurrection. Jewish prophets predicted the resurrection in specific statements and by logical deduction. The apostles applied specific Old Testament texts to the resurrection of Christ ( Ps. 2:7 ; cf. Heb. 1:5 and Acts 13:33 ). Peter says that, since we know that David died and was buried, he must have been speaking of the Christ when he said, 'you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay' ( Ps. 16:8-11 , quoted in Acts 2:25-31 ). No doubt Paul used this and similar passages in the Jewish synagogues when' he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead' ( Acts 17:2-3 ).

Jesus' prediction of his resurrection. On several occasions Jesus also predicted his resurrection from the dead. In the earliest part of his ministry, he said, 'Destroy this temple, [of my body] and I will raise it again in three days' ( John 2:19 , 21 ). In Matthew 12:40 , he said, 'as Jonah was three days and nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and nights in the heart of the earth.' To those who had seen his miracles and stubbornly would not believe, he said, 'A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah' ( Matt. 12:39 ; 16:4 ). After Peter's confession, 'he then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things . . . and that he must be killed and after three days rise again' ( Mark 8:31 ). This became a central part of his teaching from that point until his death ( Matt. 27:63 ; Mark 14:59 ). Further, Jesus taught that he would raise himself from the dead, saying of his life, 'I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it up again' ( John 10:18 ).


Geisler, N. L. 1999. Baker encyclopedia of Christian apologetics. Baker reference library . Baker Books: Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

[scriptures]

Where are you? Godchild87....... I need your answer... we are not yet done.... I have pending request..... give me your proof......

 

[scriptures]

Godchild87, I searched every corner of this topic.....but I did not find your unanswered question.... I have this feeling your just tricking me....

 

[Gary51]

If you said it I would agree... but Christ said it... So I'm not sure if He meant it as an insult or some kind of analogy.