Why is it Jesus is human and not human at the same time? Did he feel pain?

Question

Okay, people say Jesus died for their sins. Is that all he did? Did he feel any pain while dying? Why is it he was able to perform miracles yet was supposed to be human? I don't get the whole thing. He truly died but is there any evidence he felt pain while dying? Is it written in the bible? If he lived a normal life wouldn't he have to deal with the things regular people did? He must have had a beard unless he shaved. If he shaved he would have had to have cut himself sometimes. He would have had to cut his hair. His breath would have reeked if he didn't rinse and brush his teeth. He'd probably have some painful cavities too. He must have banged himself up as a kid too. All kids get bruises etc. If he never got bruised etc then why would he feel pain? Anyone with bible references to Jesus showing that he felt pain?

Answer 1

Yes, he felt pain while dying. That was the whole point. He took the punishment for us. There aren't any biblical references because who would Jesus would have told that to? The disciples had all run away but John. Only he could have written about it. Jesus had other things to do like see that his mother was taken care of rather than state the obivous....being crucified hurts.

If you are interested in His account of the crucifizion it was personally revealed to St.Bridget and has become a novena

Answer 2

Jesus was not God and human at the same time. The Bible states that He emptied himself of all His divinity and became man. When called a good man, He said why do you call me good. There is none good except God who is in heaven. He knew that He was total man when on the earth. Satan knew this also that is why he tempted Jesus to get him to sin, but though tempted He would not (not could not) sin because he fought against sin with all that was in Him. He was taught as He was growing up just like any other child. He pottied in his diapers and did all that any child will do, but He did not sin. He constantly fought against sinning and He was in great pain when he was crucified. He cried out "Father why have You forsaken me". Before he was taken from the garden he prayed that if God could find another way let Him be released from what He was about to go through. God did not release Him and he suffered bitterly..He died and covered the sins of the world because never did sin though He could have if he had not been strong enough not to. That is why and how He is our savior and as no man is sinless, He is able to pay the price for all (forgiven) sins of mankind.

Answer 3

Certainly He was able to perceive pain. He was fully human, AND fully divine.

Why would you imagine that He didn't? He certainly suffered from being beaten, scourged, crucified. He was also referred to as having been at various times, tired, hungry, and so on. He collapsed and fell flat on his face while carrying the cross. He did indeed have a human body, and was able to suffer pain. That is why He can comfort us in our sufferings as human beings -- there is no feeling that we have, that He did not also share. And this is why He did it -- so that we can never say, "God doesn't understand us! He doesn't know what it's like to be human." Oh, yes, he knows. He shared in our life so that in the world to come, we can share in His life. "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin." Hebrews 4:15, ESV

However, the physical pain of the crucifixion and torture is not the main thing here -- the most important thing is that "He who knew no sin, was made sin for us." In other words, He is the only person ever alive who was completely free from sin... therefore, his sacrifice to pay for the sins committed by all people in all the history of the world, is the ultimate sacrifice, once for all. NO more sacrifices need ever to be made to receive forgiveness of sins.

What this means for Jesus, is that *While* he was on the cross, he was rejected by God for a time, because he was bearing the sins for all of humanity. He was literally a scapegoat. For this reason, he cried out, "My GOd, my God, why have You forsaken me?" -- a quotation from Psalms.

He was able to perform miracles because while he was human, he was also God. (NO, this does NOT mean we believe in two separate gods...He is one Being existing in three personas.) A miracle, by definition, is something that does not occur as a result of natural processes. Over time, the water with which we water a vineyard, eventually becomes wine -- but Jesus transformed water into wine in a moment, not by the water being taken up by the vine and later forming grapes, which are crushed to be wine.

He healed people, not by the usual slow process of normal healing, but all at once.

Does that help? I hope so... if not, say so, and I'll add more...

Answer 4

Here is a few verses for you:

Hebrews 2:18, Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. And also Hebrews 4:15, For we do have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are - yet was without sin. .....

At our church we just had a Bible study and this question was talked about how it is impossible to understand fully how Jesus could be God and man at the same time.

Answer 5

Jesus was human when he came to earth. But in heaven he is God. He came to earth because we were in need for a savior, he was human. He felt pain, emotion, anything that we humans feel. When he died on the cross he felt so much pain, I couldn't even imagine. Yet he did it because he loves, he is the only man ever to walk on the face of the earth who never sinned in they're life time. Jesus is the only way.

Answer 6

Jesus felt physical and emotional feelings just as we do. You seem to struggle with the issue that God Himself cannot be human. Are you familiar with the scripture about the burning bush talking to Moses? How about the talking donkey that spoke to the prophet keeping him from madness? How about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, three were thrown into the furnace, but four were seen walking around in the furnace. How about the hand writing on the wall? If God can manifest Himself to us in these ways, it is not difficult to understand Gods manifestation of Himself to us in a fleshly body. God the Father and God the Son are one in the same. God Almighty is Christ Jesus in All His Glory. We will only see Christ Jesus in All His Glory, as God Almighty, when we see Him in heaven. Christ Jesus (God Almighty) took on flesh in order to dwell with us, He did not come to earth in All His Glory. The Old Testament teaches us that no one can see the face of God and live. If Christ Jesus had come to this earth in All His Glory, every living thing would have perished. Jesus wept on the way to Lazarus' tomb, before He raised Him from the dead. Scripture says, on the way there, he cried. I am sure while growing up, He suffered many scrapes and bruises, it was written of Him that He would not suffer any broken bones, nothing mentioned about pain. He obviously suffered tremendous pain before and during His crucifiction. Jesus came to earth to be an example to us of how we should live, He experienced every emotional and physical sensation that is common to humanity. Yet He did all this without sinning. As a carpenter, I believe Christ Jesus banged his thumb with a hammer or suffered wood splinters more than most folks would. Jesus could not be the perfect sacrifice for us all, if He did not experience everything we experience. God can be anything He wants to be, take any shape or form He wants to be. He is God and not restricted to our laws or our understanding.
God Bless You....Peace.

Answer 7

"And He was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, 'Father, if Thou be willing, remove this cup from Me; nevertheless, not my will, but Thine, be done.' And there appeared an angel unto Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in an agony, He prayed more earnestly; and His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground." Luke 22:41-44, KJV
Jesus came in flesh. He got hurt. He felt grief. He wept. He felt abandonment. He cried out to God the Father.

He had a beard- Jewish men all did at the time.

Are you asking because you want to know whether God incarnate can relate to you as a mortal human? "We do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weakness, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need." Hebrews 4:15-16, NKJV

Answer 8

Refer to the Garden of Gethsemane when he sweet blood. Jesus was human but when he was baptized, the Spirit of God came into his body and taught and healed for three years. When he was crucified, it says he gave up the ghost / Spirit. His body died on the cross. That is human to die.
When Lazarus was in the tomb and he arrived, it says he wept. Does that not tell you he was a man with feelings but God was incarnate in him, being able to raise the dead.
Can a Man do this. Yes, Possible, but Christians believe he is the son of God and was the son of a man. God is spirit. The same spirit that is in you if you can except it. Read , Masters Of the Far East, By Bird T. Spalding.
Rev. TomCat

Answer 9

That's one of the many paradoxes regarding ascended masters. Yes they can 'experience' all we do and more, because they can experience things on a higher level than us. This means he would not have so much 'felt' pain as, well, quite simply, experienced it. If you read the passages regarding Jesus last week you'll notice a number of references to him experiencing pain, or the like.

Answer 10

Jesus was like us in all things but sin. He did indeed feel pain. Consider the implications of that. The eternal Creator of the Universe suffered, and felt the pain of death, so that you could live. How can you not feel gratitude over that?