61. But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"
62. "I am," said Jesus. "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."
31. Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him,
32. but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?"
33. "We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."
Jesus was given a lot of authority from God, his father.
Jesus forgave sins on behalf of God.
The religious leaders did not understand his ability to do so and jumped on the opportunity to charge him with blasphemy for doing what they thought only God could do.
And you are no different, you don’t understand how in those very verses Jesus said that he was sent by the Father to accomplish the Father’s works.
(Remember some logic? If Jesus is God, and if God is the Father of Jesus, then God is his own son and own Father, and therefore sent himself on behalf of himself to do his own mission.)
Remember, no man has seen God at any time, so these Pharisees had to be talking to the invisible man if Jesus was God.
I’m all for bringing logic into this discussion!
Just remember, logically speaking, one must interpret difficult scripture in light of clear scripture, not vice versa.
Yeah, that is one of the very first rules of Biblical study and interpretation and that very rule sinks almost all yourships.
Jesus died. Did God die?
God told Peter that Jesus was His son and to listen to him...you say Jesus is God....I’ll go with what God says in clear verse.