Jesus is God. These 33 Bible verses prove it in 5 minutes.
Jon Oleksiuk
Christianity is based on the belief that Jesus (part of the Holy Trinity) is God. So, where did Jesus claim to be God in the Bible? Watch this simple explanation and of where and how Jesus revealed His Divinity in the Old and New Testament.
In John chapter 5 Jesus says “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.“ After stating this, the Jewish leaders tried to k ill Him because in "calling God his own Father, [Jesus was] making himself equal with God." He was claiming to be the unique Son of God.
In the New Testament Jesus uses the term "my Father" as a direct and unmistakable declaration of his sonship. In verse 23 he claims that the Son and the Father receive the same type of honor, stating: "so that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father". 3 verses later he claims to possess life as the Father does: "Just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to his Son the possession of life in himself".
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Moving to the Gospel of Matthew, in chapter 11 Jesus claims a direct relationship to God the Father saying: "No one knows the Son except the Father and no one knows the Father except the Son", asserting the shared knowledge he has with the Father.
When in chapter 16, Peter states: "You are Christ, the Son of the living God", Jesus not only accepts the titles but calls Peter "blessed" because his declaration had been revealed to him by "my Father who is in Heaven".
Jesus claims eternal existence in John chapter 8, verse 58 when he says
“Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” Here Jesus has echoed the language of deity, the same words by which God revealed Himself to Moses from the burning bush in Exodus 3:14. To the Jews, this was clear blasphemy, for they knew that in doing so Jesus was again claiming to be God.
Later in John 10:30 to 33. Jesus explicitly told the Jews: " 'I and the Father are one.' Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, 'I have shown you many great
