Who did Jesus say he was?
Who did Jesus say he was?
Let’s see what Jesus said about himself and
what others said about him.
1. Mark 6:1 & 4-5 “Leaving there Jesus
returned to his own country, and his disciples followed him…and Jesus said to
them, ‘A prophet is despised only in his own country,
his own relatives and his own family.’ And he could work no miracles there but only healed
a few sick people by laying his hands on them.”
These verses are Jesus own words. Here Jesus clearly refers to himself as a
prophet. The people in his home town rejected him once they realized that he
was the local carpenter’s son.
2. Luke
13:33 “Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow
and for a little longer, for it would not be fit for
a prophet to be killed outside Jerusalem”
Now this is Jesus talking about himself. He is responding to the Pharisees who came
and told him that Herod wanted to kill him (context can be read in the
preceding verses 31-32 of Luke 33).
Jesus called himself a prophet here in his own words.
3. Matthew
21:10-11 “When Jesus entered
Jerusalem, the entire city was disturbed.
The people asked, “Who is this man?”
And the crowd answered “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee”
The people here understood that Jesus was a
prophet. They were there as eye
witnesses.
4. Luke 24:19”They replied, ‘It is about Jesus of Nazareth. He was a prophet, you know, mighty in word and
deed before God and the people”
Two of Jesus followers were on the road to Emmaus after the
apparent crucifixion of Jesus. Jesus
asked them what they were talking about and they (the two disciples) replied
with the above verse.
Followers of Jesus knew that Jesus
was a prophet.
5. Luke 7:16 “A holy fear came over them all and they praised God
saying, ‘A great
prophet has appeared among us; God has visited his people”
Here Jesus raised the dead.
And the crowd was amazed by this and praised God. The last sentence of the verse is not to be
taken literally as meaning God and Jesus are the same but in saying that God’s
mercy and grace was manifested to the people through the miracles that Jesus
had performed.
6. Luke 9:20 ““Who then do you
say I am?” Peter answered, “The Messiah of God”
Here Jesus asks who the disciples think he is. The word ‘Messiah’ means the anointed one. If
you look at the actual root word in Arabic (which is the sister language of
Aramaic) it means to rub oil or water over something – which is an act of
anointing.
7. Luke 9:22 “And he added, ‘The son of man
must suffer many things…”
Here Jesus refers to himself as the son of man. He called himself
the son of man in many places in the bible.
8. Luke 4:34 “What do you want
with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you
come to destroy us? I recognize you; you are God’s holy
messenger.”
Here the demons recognize who Jesus was – he was a Messenger.
9. Luke 4:41 “He also drove
out demons, who cried out as they left their victims, “You are the son of God!” He rebuked them and would not allow them to
speak, for they knew he was the messiah.”
So what of this term ‘son of God’?
Clicker HERE to see what Jesus said himself explained about what he meant scripturally when he said "son of God". Does this term mean that Jesus was Gods exclusive and ONLY son of
God? Clearly in Psalms 82 clarifies that
anyone who does the will of God and is appointed by God to pass his message –
actually represents God; and thus is deemed as a son of God or ‘god’. Please read Psalms 82: 1&6-7 and John
10:35 for clarification on this terminology that many people misunderstand about "son of God" please click on this link: Did Jesus say he is the exclusive son of God?
CONCLUSION:
Jesus NEVER referred to himself as God Almighty, as part of a trinity or that we are to worship him. He referred to himself mainly as the son of man. Jesus explained to the Jews what he meant when he referred to himself as the son of God.
He left no room for people to speculate.
His words are clear and unambiguous. He is a mighty prophet of God. The word Messiah means anointed one in Aramaic or has a root word to mean the anointed one on the Semitic languages. In Greek the word Messiah is translated to Christ. Being an anointed messenger of God.
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