✝️ A Comprehensive Study On Jesus Deity
🗺️ Legend / Key
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⚜️ Identified As God
Instances where Jesus is called “God” or “Deity” within the verse, are marked with a Fleur-de-lis.
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👑 Identified As Yahweh
Instances that reveal Jesus to be, not only God, but Yahweh, the covenant name of God
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📜 Referred To As Yahweh
Instances where monotheistic Old Testament passages which, uniquely referred to Yahweh, are applied to the Lord Jesus Christ.
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🧠 Deduced To Be Yahweh
Instances where logic is used to deduce that Jesus Is Yahweh God.
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🍃 Nature Of God
Instances that show Jesus equality with The Father in nature and essence.
Jesus Called Himself God
- 👑 Jesus Calls Himself The Great ‘I AM’ Of Exodus
- John 8:56-59
- Exodus 3:14-16
- 👑 Jesus Is The ‘I Am [He]’ of Isaiah & Deuteronomy
- John 8:24; 18:5-8
- Isaiah 41:4; 43:10,13; 48:12; Deuteronomy 32:39
- ⚜️🍃 The Jews Crucified Jesus For Claiming To Be God
- John 10:30-33
- 🍃 Jesus Is God Because He Is The Son Of God
- John 5:18
- Jn 5:25; 19:7; Jn 1:34 KJV
- 🍃 He who has seen Me has seen the Father
- John 14:8-9
- 👑 Jesus Is The Alpha And The Omega
- Revelation 1:8
- Revelation 1:17-18; 2:8
- 🧠 Revelation 22:12-16 (see Rev. 22:13)
- Isaiah 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Jn 1:49+Is 44:6
Jesus Was Prophesied To Be God
- 👑 They Pierced Yahweh On The Cross!
- Revelation 1:7
- Zechariah 12:1,10
- ⚜️🧠 Jesus Was Prophesied To Be God
- Isaiah 9:6
- Isaiah 10:20-21; Jeremiah 32:18
God The Father Called Jesus God
- ⚜️ God The Father Calls Jesus God
- Hebrews 1:8
- Psalm 45:6
- 📜 God The Father Refers To Jesus As Yahweh!
- Hebrews 1:10-12
- Psalm 102:1,25-27
The Apostles Called Jesus God
This section will also include disciples.
- ⚜️ The Apostle John Calls Jesus God
- John 1:1-3,14,18
- ⚜️🧠 The Apostle Peter Calls Jesus God
- 2 Peter 1:1 NLT
- Isaiah 43:11;45:21; Hosea 13:4
- ⚜️🧠 The Apostle Paul Called Jesus God
- Titus 2:13 NLT
- Isaiah 43:11;45:21; Hosea 13:4
- ⚜️ The Apostle Thomas Called Jesus God
- John 20:27-29
- 📜 Paul Identifies Jesus Specifically As Yahweh
- Philippians 2:10-11
- Isaiah 45:21-24 (22-23)
- ⚜️🍃 He Existed In The Form Of God!
- Philippians 2:5-8
- ⚜️🍃 Jesus Is All The Fullness Of Deity In Bodily Form
- Colossians 2:9; 1:19
- 🍃 He Is The Exact Representation Of God’s Nature
- Hebrews 1:3
- 📜 Nathanael Calls Jesus The King Of Israel
- John 1:49
- Isaiah 44:6
Deduced To Be God
- 🧠 Only God Created All Things
- John 1:3; Colossians 1:16-17
- Isaiah 44:24; Gen 1:1; Re 4:11; Heb 1:10
- 🧠 Only God Is Our Savior
- Titus 2:13; 2 Peter 1:1; Tit 3:6; 2 Pe 2:20; 3:18; Jn 4:42; Lk 2:11; Phil 3:20
- Isaiah 43:11; Isaiah 45:21; Hosea 13:4; 1 Tim 4:10; Lk 1:47
- 🧠 Only God Is Good
- Mark 10:17-18; Matthew 19:16-17
- John 10:11,14; Hebrews 7:26
- Psalm 23:1; Isaiah 40:10-11
- 🧠 Only Father God Has Not Been Seen
- Jn 1:18;5:37;6:46; 1 Jn 4:12; Ex 33:20; 1 Tim 6:16
- Ex 6:2-3;24:9-11;33:11; Num 12:6-9; Acts 7:2
- 🧠 Jesus Pre-Existent Glory Makes Him Yahweh!
- John 17:5
- Isaiah 42:8; 48:11; Revelation 4:11
- Jesus Is God Because God Is Love
- 1 John 4:8,16; John 15:13
- Jesus Blood IS God’s Blood!
- Acts 20:28
Jesus Receives Worship
- Only God Is To Be Worshiped
- Luke 4:8; Matthew 4:10
- 🧠 Deut 6:13; 10:20
- Angels Worship Jesus As God
- Hebrews 1:6
- The Magi Worship Jesus As God
- Matthew 2:1-2,7-8,11
- The Twenty-Four Elders Worship Jesus As God
- Revelation 5:13-14
- The Apostles And Crew Worshipped Jesus As God
- Matthew 14:32-33
- The Disciples Worshiped Jesus After The Resurrection
- Matthew 28:9,17
- The Blind Man Who Was Healed Worshiped Jesus As God
- John 9:35-38
- Angels Worship Jesus As God
Jesus Is Prayed To
- Jesus Receives Prayer From Stephen the Martyr
- Acts 7:59-60
- The Apostle Paul Instructs Us To Pray To Jesus
- 1 Corinthians 1:1-2
- 1 Kings 18:24; Zech. 13:9
- 📜 Whoever Calls On The Name Of The Lord Will Be Saved
- Romans 10:13-14
- Joel 2:32
Textual Basis Specific
- Textus Receptus & Majority Text
- ⚜️ God Is Manifest In The Flesh
- 1 Timothy 3:16 KJV
- ⚜️ God Is Manifest In The Flesh
- Critical Text
- 👑 Jesus Saved A People Out Of Egypt
- Jude 1:5,7
- 1 Corinthians 10:4-5, 9
- Hosea 13:4; Genesis 19:24
- ⚜️ Jesus Is God Because He Is The Only God
- John 1:18 NIV
- 👑 Jesus Saved A People Out Of Egypt
Translational Difficulties
Verses listed here could be referring to either the Father or the Son depending on many factors, but ultimately lean in the direction of Jesus Deity upon closer inspection of the grammar and punctuation.
- ⚜️ Jesus Is The True God And Eternal Life
- 1 John 5:20
- ⚜️ Jesus Is The God Over All
- Romans 9:5
The Apostolic Fathers
- Ignatius of Antioch (Disciple of The Apostle John)
- “Jesus Christ, our God” (Letter to the Ephesians, Chapter 1)
- “Jesus Christ, our God” (Letter to the Romans, Chapter 1)
- “Christ our God” (Letter to the Smyrnaeans, Chapter 10)
- “Our God, Jesus Christ” (Letter to the Ephesians, Chapter 18)
- “Our God, Jesus Christ” (Letter to Polycarp, Chapter 8)
- God Himself being manifested in human form (Letter to the Ephesians, Chapter 19).
- God existing in Flesh (Letter to the Ephesians, Chapter 7)
- who became visible for our sakes (Letter to Polycarp, Chapter 3)
- Polycarp (Disciple of The Apostle John)
- our Lord and God Jesus Christ (Polycarp, Letter to the Philippians, Chapter 12)
- Aristides (The Early Apologist of the Apostolic Fathers)
- God came down from heaven, and from a Hebrew virgin assumed and clothed himself with flesh (Apology of Aristides, Chapter 2)
Extra-Biblical Accounts
- Pliny the Younger, governor of Bithynia in Asia Minor.
- “They (the Christians) were in the habit of meeting on a certain fixed day before it was light, when they sang in alternate verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food but food of an ordinary and innocent kind.”
- Pliny, Letters, transl. by William Melmoth, rev. by W.M.L. Hutchinson (Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1935), vol. II, X:96 as cited in Habermas, Gary R., The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ, (Joplin, MO: College Press Publishing Company) 1996.
- “They (the Christians) were in the habit of meeting on a certain fixed day before it was light, when they sang in alternate verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food but food of an ordinary and innocent kind.”