Timeline for According to Trinitarians, are the Jews correct at John 5:18 in claiming Jesus is "making Himself equal with God"?
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| Jun 18, 2023 at 6:46 | comment | added | Revelation Lad | @User14 As to the issue of monotheism, Jews believe there is one God who does not have a unique Son. Therefore when Jesus calls God His own, ἴδιον, Father they understand that as blasphemy. OTOH the Trinitarian understands what Jesus say as affirming the existence of the Trinity: one God in three persons. | |
| Jun 18, 2023 at 6:42 | comment | added | Revelation Lad | @User14 Here is the question: Do Trinitarians agree that at this point in John's Gospel the Jews had adequate grounds to make the claim that Jesus was making Himself equal with God? The answer is no. At this point in what John reports, the Jews do not have grounds. This is obvious since no one mentions killing Jesus and Jesus has not (yet) said God was His own Father. As I state in my answer John 5:18 is a narrator's prolepsis added to explain the reasons why (later) both things do occur. | |
| Jun 18, 2023 at 2:33 | comment | added | Kristopher | The question is do trinitarians believe the Jews were correct in saying Jesus was claiming equality with God. You infer that monotheism played a part in Jews belief that Jesus had blasphemed. But trinitarians claim to be monotheistic too, | |
| Jun 17, 2023 at 21:52 | comment | added | Revelation Lad | @User14 The question is what Jews believe. They understood Jesus made Himself equal to God and for that He deserved to die. | |
| Jun 17, 2023 at 21:21 | comment | added | Kristopher | So trinitarians are not monotheistic? | |
| Jun 17, 2023 at 17:57 | history | answered | Revelation Lad | CC BY-SA 4.0 |