What was Jesus spoken word?

Question

The Bible as we know it today, didn't come into existence until after 70 AD but yet many people believes the Bible in its entirety is the word of God. Jesus spoke that if ye keep his word, ye shall have everlasting life. What was Jesus spoken word?


John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
John 8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
John 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

Answer 1

There is a major misunderstand of the word: "Word". As it is used in the Bible, it means Logos. in Christianity, there are three Logos (Father, Son and Holy Ghost (Mother)) with the son being Jesus Christ. The WORD is not the Bible or the text contained in it.

Answer 2

Jesus IS the Word of God...

" In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word WAS God. .....And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us". John 1

Answer 3

Jesus' teachings was his word.
As he said to Pontius Pilate:
"For this reason i have come into the world ....to bear witness to the truth."
He literally spoke Aramaic, Hebreux and Greek.
However, no matter what the language, it is his teachings that represent "his word".

Answer 4

N/A

anything jesus said is hearsay or second hand accounts

that is if he lived

Answer 5

He spoke with a South London accent.

Answer 6

LOVE
I am including an article of this subject. If you are a serious inquisitor you may finde it useful.

LOVE

WHAT IS IT

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO CHRISTIANS

HOW DO WE APPLY IT TO OUR LIVES

BY TERRY BROMM
JANUARY 25, 2006

Terry Bromm








LOVE: What is it, what is its meaning, what is its biblical definition? How
do we define love as it is used in Gods word?
These are questions that I have asked my self, and struggled with for many years. Jesus commanded us to love our neighbors. Jesus commanded us to even love our enemies. Love your neighbor; I suppose that is possible, provided that you have a good neighbor. But to love your enemies, that was nonsense to me, that is imposable I thought. To love Hitler, a rapist, a murderer how is this possible. How can Jesus command us to manufacture an emotion like love; especially toward unlovable people? Then I realized that my definition of love was in error, concerning the way it is meant in the word of God. So how do we discover the true meaning of love as it is intended in the word of God?
First we must find the Greek word or words used in the original writings that were later translated into the English word love. This is important because the Greeks used several different words to describe the many facets of the phenomenon of love. We use one word to cover an array of emotions and or actions; where as the Greeks used several words to more accurately describe the different emotions and actions that we ascribe to the term love: for instance the Greek word Eros, from which we get our word erotic, the emotion of desire or lust, a sexual desire. The Greek word Storge is affection especially between and toward family members. Neither Eros nor Storge appears in the New Testament writings. Another Greek word for love is Philos which is brotherly or reciprocal love, the you do good by me and I will do good by you conditional love. Philadelphia the city of brotherly love comes from this root word. Finally the Greeks used the noun Agape and the corresponding verb Agapao’to describe a more unconditional love rooted in behavior toward others without regard to their due. It is the love of deliberate choice, not a love of feeling; when Jesus speaks of love in the New Testament the word agape is used, a love of behavior and choice, not a love of feeling.
It would be erroneous to think that Jesus is commanding us to feel emotion for some one else. Or to pretend that bad people are not bad when they clearly are, or to feel good about people who act despicably. What Jesus is saying is that we ought to behave well toward them. We can not always control how we feel about other people, but we certainly are in control of how we behave toward other people. As an example my neighbor or coworker may be difficult and I may not like him or her very much, but I can behave lovingly toward them. I can be patient, honest and respectful, even though he or she may choose to behave poorly.
The apostil Paul gives us a very eloquent example of what love is; in First Corinthians chapter thirteen Paul states that love is patient, kind, not puffed up, does not behave unbecomingly, does not seek its own, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth, bears all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
Let us take a few moments here to read First Corinthians chapter thirteen. It is important also that we realize that the translators of the King James Bible translated the Greek word agape into the English word Charity as well as the English word love. So here in Corinthians chapter 13 charity and love are one and the same.

I Corinthians 13
1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal
2 And if I have [the gift of] prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 And if I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
4 Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up
5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;
6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;
7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Love never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall be done away; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall be done away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
10 but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.
12 For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.
13 But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Here in First Corinthians chapter thirteen we can see the extreme importance of this “agape” love, this love is of deliberate choice and not of feelings. Of faith, hope, love, Paul states that the most important of these three extremely important virtues is love.
Our Lord Jesus Christ when he was asked by a Pharisee what the greatest commandment was had this to say. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the great and first commandment. And second like unto it is this. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments the whole law hangeth and the profits. This same example can also be found in Mark chapter twelve verse twenty eight through verse thirty four. And again in Luke chapter ten verse twenty five through verse 28. This can be found in Mathew chapter twenty two verse thirty six through verse forty.
As we can see very plainly here love “agape” is the two most important commandments, there are non greater. One can not emphasize enough the importance of love toward our salvation
Here in the book of Mark chapter twelve, Jesus gives us an indication of how essential love is to our salvation. Read below what Mark tells us that Jesus said.

28 And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?
29 Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:
30 and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.
31 The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he:
33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
Here we see that to love God with all of our understanding and with all our strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves: is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. And then Jesus further states, when the scribe gave this answer and understood the importance of love that he was not far from the kingdom of God. This gives us another indication of the essentialnesses of “agape” love to our salvation.
And in the book of Luke chapter ten starting with verse twenty five
25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

Here when asked what one should do to obtain eternal life. We are told to love God with all our strength, with all our soul, and with all our mind: and to love our neighbor as ourselves. And that if we do this we shall live.
Love thy neighbor as thyself. Who is my neighbor we ask. The answer to this question is given to us in the book of Luke chapter ten beginning with verse twenty nine.

29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
30 Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31 And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 And in like manner a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
34 and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on [them] oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35 And on the morrow he took out two shillings, and gave them to the host, and said, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back again, will repay thee.
36 Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor unto him that fell among the robbers?
37 And he said, He that showed mercy on him. And Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
In this scripture Jesus gives us the answer to the question of who our neighbor is. Our neighbor is anyone that we encounter who is in need. The importance of showing “agape” love to everyone that we encounter is shown in the book of Mathew chapter twenty five beginning with verse thirty three.

33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?
38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me.
So here we can see the importance of showing and demonstrating “agape” love toward others, even total strangers. Jesus tells us here that when we help, or are kind and charitable toward others, that whatever we do for them is the same as if we had done it unto him. Think about it when we help others God considers it as if we had helped him. This does not mean that we can get by with just helping our friends or others that we hope to gain some advantage from. But we are to help those that may be considered lower than others, drunks, prostitutes, addicts, homeless, and so forth; people who are not able to repay us. In other words we are to help those who are not able to help themselves as well as many others. We are to love (treat kindly) our enemies and those who mistreat us and spitefully use us. This is stated quite well by our Lord Jesus Christ in the book of Mathew chapter five starting with verse thirty eight through verse forty eight.
38 Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 but I say unto you, resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:
44 but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
45 that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
46 For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others?] do not even the Gentiles the same?
48 Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect;
So we can see here from Jesus own words, the people who we are rewarded for treating with “agape” love. If we love only those who love us or those who we expect something in return from, we are doing nothing more than what all sinners do. We are to show “agape” love to others, expecting nothing in return. We are to be patient, kind, forgiving, merciful, generous, and slow to anger, selfless, not arrogant, and humble. We are to love those who are not likely to repay us: this is the true meaning of “agape” love.

“Agape” love is so important to our salvation that it is a direct commandment to us from our savior “Jesus Christ”. Let us read what the apostil John tells us that Jesus says concerning this; in John 15:10 - 15:12.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father`s commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be made full.
12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
And again in John 15:17 Jesus states
17 These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
As we can see here Jesus states that if we keep his commandments we will abide in his love. Then he goes on to tell us that his commandment is that we love one another. If we look at this profound statement in the context of all of Jesus teachings; I think that all reasonable people will agree; that if we keep this commandment of “agape” love; we will in fact be keeping all of the commandments; as Jesus states in Mathew 22:40 on this commandment all the law and prophets hang. So if all the law and prophets hang on “agape” love, it seems that our keeping all of the commandments balances on this one simple commandment. If we truly practice this “agape” love we will be keeping all of the commandments. There is no greater commandment than to love God and to love everyone as we love ourselves.

Mathew 22: 40 On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.
In John 15:13 Jesus tells us what the ultimate expression of love is
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Jesus did not just explain the ultimate expression of love. But he demonstrated the ultimate expression of love, when he gave himself as a sacrifice to redeem us from our sins, and spiritual death and damnation. Think very hard on this. Jesus called us “you and I” his friends. And then willingly gave him self to die the most horrible torturous death that anyone could possibly imagine.
So as we can see there is so much more to love than just emotions and feelings. The kind of love that Jesus is teaching us is very difficult to master. This kind of love does not come to us naturally; in fact it goes against our very nature. To be kind to someone who treats us or our loved ones unjustly or does us evilly; goes against our very nature. Thus love is a behavior that we must choose and to work at to master. It is a behavior of deliberate choice on our part. In fact if we truly and sincerely practice “agape” love, we in fact will have works. In fact “agape” love is our Christian works.
“Agape” love is so crucially important to our salvation; it is the one thing that all the law and commandments depend on. Our obeying the commandments and pleasing God totally depends on our practicing “agape” love.

Terry Bromm