Defending Jesus Deity: Jesus Blood IS God's Blood! ✝️
Jesus Blood IS God’s Blood!
Formal Equivalence (Word-For-Word)
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Received Text (Textus Receptus)
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. — Acts 20:28 KJV (48.83% / 66.58%)
Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. — Acts 20:28 NKJV (60.32% / 65.21%)
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Majority Text
Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood. — Acts 20:28 WEB (World English Bible)
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Critical Text
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. — Acts 20:28 LSB (NASB ‘95 61.65% / 67.99%)
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. — Acts 20:28 ESV (62.36% / 68.74%)
Dynamic Equivalence (Thought-For-Thought)
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Critical Text
“So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders. — Acts 20:28 NLT (70.08% / 39.90%)
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. — Acts 20:28 NIV (67.20% / 53.10%)
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Critical Text
“Pay attention to yourselves and to all the Eder Hashem (flock of G-d) in which the Ruach Hakodesh has placed you as mashgichim ruchaniyim (spiritual overseers) to do the work of ro’im (shepherds) over the Kehillah of Hashem which Adoneinu purchased for the Geulah with his own dahm [kapporah]. — Gevurot 20:28 OJB (Othrodox Jewish Bible)
Conclusion
Jesus blood is called God’s blood, therefore, Jesus is God.