npub1vx…06mpr on Nostr: “The men who lived with him most closely when he walked the planet recognized him ...
“The men who lived with him most closely when he walked the planet recognized him to be God:”
they didn’t, this is what Peter says about Jesus:
“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.”
(Acts 2:22)
“was a man” not “was God”
Peter also said this:
“You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached— how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.”
(Acts 10:37-38)
Jesus healed people because "God was with him", not because he was God
you can forget about Thomas, as a Jew his God was the God of Israel, just as the God of Jesus was the God of Israel
Jesus answered, “The most important (commandment) is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. (Mark 12:29)
they didn’t, this is what Peter says about Jesus:
“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.”
(Acts 2:22)
“was a man” not “was God”
Peter also said this:
“You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached— how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.”
(Acts 10:37-38)
Jesus healed people because "God was with him", not because he was God
you can forget about Thomas, as a Jew his God was the God of Israel, just as the God of Jesus was the God of Israel
Jesus answered, “The most important (commandment) is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. (Mark 12:29)