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    JWs & The Bible

    ................................ An examination of all the passages dealing with Christ’s resurrection shows God raised his Son from death. Therefore, when we see “God, having raised up his servant” (Acts 3:26, RSV), we understand God as being one person who raised up someone else (His...
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    Why is Jesus worshiped?

    "These would include 'I worship,' 'I worshiped,' 'He worships,' 'He worshiped,' 'They …,' etc." If you would actually investigate, you would find there are many more forms for verbs.
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    Why is Jesus worshiped?

    .............................................. Proskuneo, like other NT Greek words, has various forms which merely show an additional understanding of the word. These would include “I worship,” “I worshiped,” “He worships,” “He worshiped,” “They …,” etc. Notice how the some of the various...
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    Why is Jesus worshiped?

    ........................................... The Greek word proskuneo (or proskyneo) is defined in the 1971 trinitarian United Bible Societies’ A Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament, p. 154: “[Proskuneo] worship; fall down and worship, kneel, bow low, fall at another’s...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    Here are all the constructions in John's writings that are actually parallel to the construction of John 1:1c. H.....1. John 4:9 (a) - indefinite ("a Jew") - all translations H,W...2. John 4:19 - indefinite ("a prophet") - all H,W...3. John 6:70 - indefinite ("a devil"/"a slanderer") - all...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    "Trinitarian believers are often heard to CLAIM that the Jews KNEW Jesus was GOD despite NEVER EVER saying so and even stating clearly ‘You being a MAN’, and ‘It is best we remove THIS MAN before the Romans come and take away our rights’ (paraphrased). "JW are incorrect to claim ‘a God.’There...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    I am unable to eliminate the cross-throughs below. · Trinitarian believers are often heard to CLAIM that the Jews KNEW Jesus was GOD despite NEVER EVER saying so and even stating clearly ‘You being a MAN’, and ‘It is best we remove THIS MAN before the Romans come and take away our rights’...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    "who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah [YHWH]? and there is no God [Elohim] else besides me" - Isaiah 45:21, ASV.
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    Trinity: True or False?

    John 17:21, 22 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
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    So Jesus is not God?

    John 17:1, 3.
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    Understanding John 1:1

    Sorry, this was a repeat.
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    Understanding John 1:1

    cOLTER wrote in post #81: 7. Hebrews 1:8 (NASB), “But of the Son He says, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of his kingdom.'” 1. NWT: “But about the Son, he says: ‘God is your throne forever and ever, and the scepter of your Kingdom is the...
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    Understanding John 1:1

    cOLTER wrote in post #81: "4. John 14:10 (NASB), “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.” "1. NWT: “Do you not believe that I am in union with the...
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    Understanding John 1:1

    cOLTER wrote in post #81: 1. NWT: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god.” 2. The Watchtower mistranslates the verse as “a god.” ......................................... See my posts #77 and #78 above. Or, if you can, carefully examine my...
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    Understanding John 1:1

    cOLTER wrote in post #81: “The Jehovah’s Witnesses change the word “me” to “the one” so that it says in their Bible, “…they will look upon the one whom they have pierced…” Since the Jehovah’s Witnesses deny that Jesus is God in flesh, then Zech. 12:10 would present obvious problems, so they...
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    In the Book of Revelation, God is not the Lamb, and the Lamb is not God.

    “ALLELUIA, the Greek form (Revelation 19:1, 3, 4, 6) of the Hebrew Hallelujah = Praise ye Jehovah, which begins or ends several of the psalms (106, 111, 112, 113, etc.).” – Easton’s Bible Dictionary, Thomas Nelson Publ., 1897. The NT Greek text does have the initial ‘H’ sound. The...
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    Understanding John 1:1

    Another new (20th century) ‘rule’ concerning the word order of John 1:1c has been proposed to make the Word of the same essence as God. These ‘Qualitative’ rules are like Colwell’s rule above except they don’t allow for an understood article (ho) before theos. They say that the word order...
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    Understanding John 1:1

    BilliardsBall: “The issue isn't linguistics as much as whether you believe the Bible is God's Word, and whether you will follow the Bible, not JW teachings that are extra-biblical.” “My doctrine is accurate. I was happy to make a point about the NWT, which is a contrived and false translation...
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    Father alone is God

    1 Tim. 3:16 ("God was manifest in the flesh") As this is translated in the KJV it makes Paul say that Jesus is God “manifest in the flesh.” Although the KJV translates 1 Tim. 3:16 with “God” as above, nearly all other translations today use a word which refers, not to God, but to Jesus: “he”...
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    Father alone is God

    Don't overlook John 17:1, 3.
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