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John 10:30John 10:30 - I and the Father are one [Greek, HEN].John 17:22 - We are one [Greek, HEN] John 10:30 is often quoted or referred to as evidence that Jesus and his Father are one God, or one being (substance). However, if Jesus meant this to say that he and his Father are one God (THEOS), we are left with the question: Why did he use the Greek neuter HEN (one), rather than the masculine HEIS, which would be grammatically required in the Greek if he meant to say that he and his Father are one God? Additionally, if he meant to say that he and his Father are one being, as in the trinitarian expression, "treis hypostaseis en mia ousia", why did he not use the Greek feminine for "one", that is, MIA, since the Greek word OUSIA is feminine, not neuter? In John 17:22, in prayer to the only true God who sent him (John 17:1,3), Jesus made a similar statement: "We are one", again using the Greek word HEN, not HEIS or MIA. But if he meant that he and his Father are one God, why did in the context pray for his follower to be one [HEN], even and he and his Father are one [HEN]? And further why did he pray of his followers, "that they may be one [HEN], even as we are"? (John 17:11) Was he praying for his followers to be the one true God with him and his Father? Who did he identify as the only true God? (John 17:3) And why did he also pray concerning his followers: "that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us."? -- John 17:21. Those who have an ears to hear (Matthew 13:16) are invited to study this: http://godandson.reslight.net/john-10-30.html Yours in service Jesus and His God, Ronald 12:43 - Thursday, August 3, 2006 - post comment
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