Why does Jesus only affirm his divinity in the gospel of John?

Question

and if the four gospels were sent to different churches, how did the people of those churches know that he was "god" if they received for example the gospel of Luke instead of John?

*note before the bible was compiled to one. This is assuming church tradition didn't exist.

Answer 1

Matthew 1:
20. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
21. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
22. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
23. Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Matthew 16:
14. And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Mark 3:
11. And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12. And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.

Mark 14:
61. But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
62. And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

Luke 1:
34. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35. And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
41. And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
42. And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
43. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Luke 4:
41. And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

Luke 7:
19. And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
20. When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
21. And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
22. Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

Isaiah 35:
4. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
5. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

The New Testament Scriptures were not written until after the Church was established.

I hope this helps. Feel free to email if you have any questions or would like to discuss it further.

Scalia

Answer 2

The Gospels were only half the story. The majority of Christ's teachings were spread by word of mouth. Not everything was written down. Just read the very last verse in Johns Gospel and he even tells us that. Each author of Gospels focuses on a different aspect of Jesus' ministry and life. Matthew from a Jewish perspective, Mark shows Jesus the worker or servant, Luke shows Jesus from a physical point of view, and John focuses on the Deity of Christ.

Answer 3

John was the only one around to hear it at the time. Each of the gospels is a historical rendering of what each of the apostles experienced. They aren't exactly the same because each had different experiences depending of whether they were there for various circumstances or not.

Answer 4

The apostles preached ORALLY first and foremost, that Jesus Christ is our LORD and GOD and Savior. the 4 gospels were circulating throughout the whole Church. God bless.

Christ's affirms his divinity in all 4 gospels-miracles, esp. the resurrection!

Answer 5

John had the privilege of living with His mom.
(note that St John never calls her "Mary" but refers to her as "the Mother of the Lord" That is because Mary adopted him through Jesus while He hung on the cross, and children never call their mother or father by their first names.)

Answer 6

“Gospel of the Kingdom of God”

MARK 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of The Kingdom of God

From the above Verse, it is clear that Christ, Jesus-The Son of Mary preached the Gospel of The Kingdom of God. This Gospel (The Good News) actually contained the Words of God because of course, it was the Gospel of The Kingdom of God which was preached ONLY by Jesus. There is not even anything as the Gospel of Jesus as noted by Mark 1:1. The words of the Gospel which Jesus (pbuh) preached, were not his words as he says:


JOHN 14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

Matthew and John were actually the disciples of Jesus (pbuh). But did they really write these Gospels by themselves. Do we have Gospels “BY” Matthew and John? From an account in the Gospel of Matthew, we can clearly see that this Gospel is not written by Matthew himself:

MATTHEW 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

If Matthew would have been the author of this Gospel, he surely would have written that “.. and he saith unto “ME”… and “I” arose and followed him.”

Luke and Mark were not even the disciples of Jesus. Luke was a physician and a companion of St Paul and Mark was an interpreter who probably worked with St Peter in Rome.

The Gospels also differ from each other a lot:

Was Joseph the Son of Jacob (MATTHEW 1:16) or was he the Son of Heli (LUKE 3:23)?

Why isn’t the ascension of Jesus (pbuh) to heaven mentioned in Matthew and John?

These Gospels which were written down 100 Years after Jesus (pbuh) ascension, circulated anonymously, no names were attached to them until almost 200 and the Christian theologians who came up with the idea of having a New Testament was condemned as heretic.

Do we have that True Gospel which Jesus Christ (pbuh) Preached in Hebrew or Aramaic?
Did Jesus (pbuh) asked Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to write these Gospels?
How can Christians rely on the accounts in these Gospels which are the basic Pillars of their Faith?


Did Jesus or his Apostles follow a religion called Christianity? Who were the first 'Christians' ? Who founded Christianity and do the teachings of Christianity conform to the teachings of Jesus?

The teachings of Paul, the true founder of Christianity, cannot be found anywhere in the teachings of Jesus or in those of prophets before him.

The following are some of the innovations that Paul introduced into "his" religion of Christianity.

1. The divinity of Jesus
2. The trinity
3. Atonement
4. Salvation by faith

Answer 7

You clearly don't know what you are talking about. But let me help you out.

Matthew 12:8
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

Mark 2:28
So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

Luke 6:5
Then Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

Exodus 31:13
"Say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.


See now?

Answer 8

He does it in the other three as well, not to mention the Revelation to John, and the divinity attributed to him in the rest of the NT.

Answer 9

it is the undertaking as I see it, the final public of you have faith that the God of Moses is an analogous God that Jesus referred to as His Father, they do no longer look to be an analogous God. Open your eyes, the God that Moses observed, led him from killing an Egyptian to mass homicide of his own people becuase they does no longer worship his God. Moses fought and killed eveyone he got here in touch with. The God of Moses even led the armies that Moses raised with the help of numbering any of the 12 tribes who could desire to combat and kill in the of his God. and you're able to be able to definitely say with a sparkling ideas that the God of Jesus and the God of Moses have been an analogous God? I pray for you.