Who did Jesus think he was?
By: by J.C. O'Neill.
Series: Biblical interpretation series,; v. 11
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Messiahship.; Jesus Christ -- Knowledge of his own divinity.; Jesus Christ -- Person and offices -- Biblical teaching.; Bible. N.T. Gospels -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Incarnation -- Biblical teaching.; Trinity -- Biblical teaching.
Description: This book questions the lives of Jesus that say he did not think of himself as Messiah. It argues that Jews held that the Messiah would at first come to suffer and even to die. The Messiah could not say who he was; he would act as Messiah, waiting for God the Father to announce him king. The sayings of Jesus claiming or hinting that he was the Messiah are inauthentic in those respects, yet Jesus knew he was the Messiah. He knew he could be wrong, being fully human and fully divine, so he could be tempted.

He died willingly for the sins of the world. He and other Jews believed in the Trinity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-212) and indexes.