Jesus is God

Mt 3:17; 4:3, 6; 8:29; 11:27; 14:33; 16:16–17; 17:5; 26:63; 27:40, 43, 54; Mk 1:1, 11; 3:11; 5:7; 9:7; 14:61; 15:39; Lk 1:32, 35; 3:22; 4:3, 9, 41; 8:28; 9:35; 10:22; 22:70; Jn 1:14, 18, 34, 49; 3:16–18; 5:25; 6:40; 10:36; 11:4, 27; 17:1; 19:7; 20:31; Ac 9:20; 13:33 (cites Ps 2:7); Ro 1:3–4, 9; 5:10; 8:3, 29, 32; 1Co 1:9; 15:28; 2Co 1:19; Gal 1:16; 2:20; 4:4, 6; Eph 4:13; Col 1:13; 1Th 1:10; Heb 1:2, 5–6 (cites 2Sa 7:14; Ps 2:7); Heb 1:8; 3:6; 4:14; 5:5 (cites Ps 2:7); Heb 5:8; 6:6; 7:3, 28; 10:29; 2Pe 1:17; 1Jn 1:7; 3:8, 23; 4:9–10, 14–15; 5:5, 9–13, 20; 2Jn 1:3; Rev 2:18

Jesus is Yahweh

Mk 13:31 (Isa 40:8); Lk 19:10 (Eze 34:16, 22); Jn 12:41 (Isa 6:1, 5); Jn 19:37 (Zec 12:10); Ro 9:33 (Isa 8:14); Ro 10:13 (Joel 2:32); 1Co 10:9 (Nu 21:5–6; Ps 78:18); 1Co 10:20–22 (Dt 32:17, 21); Eph 4:8 (Ps 68:18); Heb 1:6 (Dt 32:43; Ps 97:7); Heb 1:10–12 (Ps 102:25–27); 1Pe 2:8 (Isa 8:14); 1Pe 3:14–15 (Isa 8:12–13); Rev 22:12 (Isa 40:10)

Jesus has names of God

God

Isa 9:6; Jn 1:1–4, 18; 20:28; Ro 9:5; Tit 2:13; Heb 1:8–9 (cites Ps 45:6–7); 2Pe 1:1 (cf. 2Pe 1:11) — see also Mt 1:23 (cites Isa 7:14); Ac 20:28 (but see translators’ note); 1Jn 5:20

Lord

Mt 3:3 (cites Isa 40:3); Mt 22:41–46 (cf. Mk 12:35–37; Lk 20:41–44; cites Ps 110:1); Lk 1:43; 2:11; Ac 2:34–36 (cites Ps 110:1); 1Co 8:6; 12:3; Heb 1:10–12 (cites Ps 102:25–27)

King of Kings, Lord of Lords

Rev 17:14; 19:16 — cf. Dt 10:17; Ps 136:2–3; Dan 4:37 LXX

Alpha and omega, first and last

Rev 1:17–18; 2:8; 22:12–13 — cf. Isa 41:4; Isa 44:6; Isa 48:12; Rev 1:8; 21:6

Bridegroom/husband

Main topic: God the bridegroom Mt 9:15 (cf. Mk 2:19–20; Lk 5:34–35); Mt 22:2; 25:1–13; Jn 3:28–30; Ro 7:1–4; 2Co 11:2; Eph 5:22–33; Rev 19:7, 9; 21:2, 9; 22:17 — cf. Isa 54:5–6; 62:4–5; Jer 2:2, 20, 32; 3:1, 6–10, 20; 31:32; Eze 16; Hos 1–3

Jesus has attributes of God

Main topic: Attributes of God

Aseity (independent, self-existent, self-sufficient)

Jn 1:3; 5:26; 8:58; Col 1:16–17 — cf. Ex 3:14; Job 35:7; 41:11; Ps 50:10–13; Ac 17:25

Eternity (pre-existent)

Pr 8:22–31; Isa 9:6; Mic 5:2; Jn 1:1–2, 14–15, 30; 3:13; 6:32–33 (see Jn 6:30–59); Jn 8:58–59; 13:3; 17:5, 24; 1Co 15:47–49; Col 1:17; Heb 7:3; 1 Jn 1:1–2; Rev 1:17–18; 2:8; 22:12–13 — cf. Ge 1:1; 21:33; Ps 90:2; 93:2; Isa 26:4; 40:28; 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; 57:15; Jer 10:10; Hab 1:12; Ro 16:26; Rev 1:4, 8; 4:8; 21:6

Immortality (eternal life)

Isa 9:6–7; Jn 2:19–22; 10:17–18; Heb 1:10–12; 7:3, 16, 24–25; Rev 1:17–18; 2:8 — cf. Hab 1:12 (see NIV); Ro 1:23; 1Ti 1:17; 6:16

Immutability (unchanging, unchangeable)

Mt 24:35; Heb 1:10–12 (cites Ps 102:25–27); Heb 7:3; 13:8 — cf. Num 23:19; Ps 102:25–27; 119:89; Isa 40:8; Mal 3:6; Jas 1:17

Impeccability (without sin)

Ps 45:7; Isa 53:9, 11; Lk 23:4, 41, 47; Jn 8:46; 18:38; 2Co 5:21; Heb 4:15; 7:26–27; 9:14; 1Pe 1:18–19; 2:22–23; 1Jn 3:5 — cf. Ge 18:25; Dt 32:4; Job 34:10; Ps 5:4; 145:17; Eze 33:17–20; Hab 1:13; Jas 1:13, 17; 1Jn 1:5; Rev 16:5–7

Ineffability (unknowable)

Mt 11:27; Lk 10:22 — cf. Dt 29:29; Ps 92:5; Isa 40:28; 55:8–9; Ro 11:33–34

Omnipotence (all-powerful)

Isa 9:6; Mt 8:26–27; 14:19; Lk 1:36; 6:19; Jn 2:1–11; 1Co 1:24; 5:4; 2Co 12:9; 13:3; Eph 6:10; Col 1:16–17; Php 3:21; Heb 1:3; 2Pe 1:16 — cf. Job 42:2; Ps 33:6; 102:25–27; 104:1–35; Isa 14:27; 40:28–31; 43:13; Mt 19:26; Eph 3:20–21; Php 4:13

Omnipresence (everywhere-present)

Mt 8:5–13 (cf. Lk 7:1–10); Mt 18:20; 28:20; Mk 7:24–30; Jn 1:47–49; 4:46–54; 14:20–23; Eph 1:23; 4:10; Col 3:11 — cf. Ge 28:15; Ps 139:7–10; Jer 23:23–24

Omniscience (all-knowing)

Mt 9:4; 11:21–23 (cf. Lk 10:13–15); Mt 12:25; 26:20–25; (cf. Mk 14:17–21; Lk 22:21–23; Jn 6:70–71; 13:10–11, 21–29); Mt 26:31–35 (cf. Mk 14:27–31; Lk 22:31–34; Jn 13:36–38); Mk 2:8; Lk 6:8; 9:47; Jn 1:48; 2:24–25; 4:16–18, 39; 6:64; 11:11–15; 16:30; 21:17; Ac 1:24; Col 2:2–3; Rev 2:23 — cf. Ps 139:1–6; Jer 17:10; Ro 11:33–34; 1Co 2:10–11; Heb 4:13; 1Jn 3:20

Sovereignty

Mt 28:18; Mk 2:5–7; Eph 1:21–23; Col 2:10; Heb 2:6–8; 1Pe 3:22 — cf. Ps 33:1–22; 93:1–5; 96:1; 97:1; 99:1; 103:19; Pr 21:1; Ro 13:1; Eph 1:11 — but see also 1Co 15:27–28

Veracity (truthful)

Jn 14:6; 18:37; Eph 4:21 — cf. Ps 31:5; Pr 30:5; Isa 65:16; Jn 3:33; 17:17–19; Ro 3:4

Jesus’ own claims about himself

“I AM” statements

Mt 14:27 (cf. Mk 6:50; Jn 6:20); Mk 14:61–63 (cf. Lk 22:70); Jn 4:26; 6:20; 8:24, 28, 58; 13:19; 18:5–6, 8^[1] — cf. Ex 3:13–14; Dt 32:39; Ps 90:2; Isa 41:4; 43:10, 13, 25; 45:18; 46:4; 48:12; 51:12; 52:6 — contrast Isa 47:8; Zep 2:15; Mk 13:6 (cf. Lk 21:8)

God’s word is his word

Mt 24:35 (cf. Mk 13:31)

God’s angels are his angels

Mt 13:41; 24:30–31 — cf. Lk 12:8–9; 15:10

God’s kingdom is his kingdom

Mt 13:41; 16:28; Jn 18:36 — cf. Mt 6:33; 12:28; 13:43; Jn 3:3, 5 — but see Lk 22:29–30

God’s elect are his elect

Mt 24:30–31 (cf. Mk 13:26–27) — cf. Lk 18:7

He is greater than the temple, Lord of the Sabbath, David’s Lord

Mt 12:6, 8 (cf. Lk 6:5); Mt 22:43–46

Did not recant or explain away claims taken as blasphemy

Mt 9:2–3 (cf. Mk 2:5–7; Lk 5:20–21); Mt 26:63–65 (cf. Mk 14:61–64); Jn 5:16–29; 10:30–33, 36–38

Did not correct those who called him God and/or worshipped him

Mt 14:33; 21:9, 15–16; 28:9–10, 17–18; Lk 19:38–40; Jn 9:38–39; 20:27–29 — contrast Acts 10:25-26; 12:21–23; 14:11–15; Rev 19:10; 22:8–9

Inferences

“Besides me there is no savior”

Mt 1:21; Jn 4:42; Ac 4:12; 10:43; Ro 10:13 (cites Joel 2:32); 1Th 1:11–12; Tit 3:4–7; 2:11–14; 2Pe 3:18 — cf. Ps 62:1–2, 6–7; Isa 12:2; 43:11; 45:21–22; Joel 2:32

“His name alone is exalted”

Isa 52:13; Ac 2:33; 5:31; Php 2:9–11; 2Th 1:11–12; Heb 1:3–4; 7:26 — cf. Neh 9:5; Ps 97:9; 138:2; Ps 148:13; Isa 2:11, 17; 12:4 — but see also Ge 12:2

“Who is a rock, except our God?”

Mt 7:24; 16:18; 1Co 3:11; 10:4 — cf. 1Sa 2:2; Ps 18:31; Isa 44:8

“I created alone, by myself”

Main topic: Creator-creature distinction Jn 1:3, 10; 1Co 8:6; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2, 10 — cf. Ge 1:1; Isa 42:5; 44:24; 45:12, 18; Neh 9:6

“My glory I give to no other”

Jn 11:4; 17:1, 5, 24; 1Co 2:8; Heb 2:7, 9; 3:3–4; Jas 2:1; 1Pe 1:20–21; 2Pe 1:17; 3:18; Rev 1:5–6; 5:12–13 — cf. Ps 29:3; Isa 42:8; Isa 48:11; Ac 7:2 — but see also Lk 9:26; Jn 17:22–23; Heb 2:10

“You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve”

Mt 2:2, 11; 14:33; 28:9, 17; Lk 24:52–53; Jn 5:23; 9:38; Php 2:10–11 (alludes to Isa 45:23); Heb 1:6 (cites Dt 32:43; Ps 97:7); 1Pe 3:15 (alludes to Isa 8:13); Rev 5:11–14 — cf. Ex 20:3–5; Dt 6:13; Isa 45:23; Mt 4:10; Lk 4:8; Ac 10:25–26; 14:11–15; Rev 19:10; 22:8–9

“You, you only, know the hearts of mankind”

Mt 9:4; Lk 9:47; Jn 2:24–25; Ac 1:24; Rev 2:23 — cf. 1Ki 8:39 (cf. 2Ch 6:30); 1Ch 28:9; Ps 44:21; 139:1, 23; Pr 24:12; Eze 11:5; Ac 1:24; 15:8; Ro 8:27

“God himself is judge”

Mt 25:31–32; Jn 5:22–23; 5:27; Ac 10:42; 17:31; Ro 14:10; 2Co 5:10; 2Ti 4:1 — cf. Ps 50:4–6; Eze 34:20; 39:21–22

“I myself will be the shepherd”

Eze 34:23; Lk 19:10; Jn 10:11, 16; Heb 13:20 — cf. Eze 34:11, 15–16, 22; Ps 23:1; Isa 40:10–11

“Who can intercede?”

Ro 5:10–11; 8:34; 2Co 5:18–21; Eph 2:13–16; Col 1:19–22; 1Ti 2:5; Heb 2:14–17; 7:25; 8:6; 9:15, 24; 12:24; 1Jn 2:1 — cf. 1Sa 2:25; Job 9:32–33; 16:19–21; 33:23–24; Isa 59:16

“No man can ransom another”

Isa 53:10; Dan 9:26; Mt 20:28 (cf. Mk 10:45); Jn 10:15; 11:51–52; Ro 4:25; Gal 1:4; 2:20; 1 Tim 2:6; Tit 2:14; Heb 9:15; 1Pe 1:18–19; Rev 5:9 — cf. Job 35:7; 41:11; Ps 49:7–9; Mt 16:26; Ro 11:35 — but see also Pr 21:18; Isa 43:3

Difficult passages

Father is Jesus’ God

Ps 45:6–7; Mt 27:46; Jn 20:17; 2Co 11:31; Eph 1:3, 17; 5:20; Heb 1:8–9 (cites Ps 45:6–7); 1Pe 1:3; Rev 3:12

Jesus affirmed Jewish monotheism

Mt 19:17 (cf. Mk 10:18; Lk 18:19); Mt 23:9; Mk 12:28–34; Jn 17:3

Son a created being?

Pr 8:22, 25; Mic 5:2; Col 1:15; Heb 2:11; Rev 3:14

Father ontologically greater than Son?

Jn 13:16; 14:28; 1Co 3:23; 8:6; 11:3; 15:24, 27–28; 1Ti 2:5

Son limited in knowledge?

Mt 24:36 (cf. Mk 13:32); Lk 2:52; Heb 5:8; Rev 1:1

Son limited in authority?

Mt 20:23; Jn 7:16–18; 8:28; 12:49–50; 14:10

Son’s will distinct from Father’s?

Mt 26:39; Jn 5:19, 30; 6:38; 7:28; 8:42

“You will never die”

Mt 27:50 (cf. Mk 15:37; Lk 23:46; Jn 19:30); Ro 8:34; 1Th 4:14 — cf. Hab 1:12 NIV

“God cannot be tempted with evil”

Mt 4:1 (cf. Mk 1:13; Lk 4:1–2); Heb 2:18; 4:15 — cf. Jas 1:13