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However in the Greco-Roman world it was common belief that gods like Apollo could take the form of a human being. Likewise the idea that a human could become a god was also common. When Paul healed someone, the Greeks thought that Paul and Barnabas were pagan gods who descended to them (​",[108,109,112],"span",{"className":110,"dataReference":112},[111],"bible-ref","Acts 14:11","–13).",[23,115,116],{},"This begs the question:",[27,118,119,122],{},[30,120,121],{},"Why did Jesus never said he was God?",[30,123,124],{},"If Jesus did said that he was God, why didn't the Gospel authors recorded these statements?",[23,126,127,128,132,133,136,137,139,140,143,144,148,149,153],{},"Some would argue ",[33,129,131],{"href":130},"..\u002Ftrinity","the Trinity"," is to complex to explain to ",[103,134,135],{},"simple"," Jews. However, Jesus always used parables to explain complex subjects. Why are there no analogies recorded regarding ",[33,138,131],{"href":130},"? For example Jesus could have illustated ",[103,141,142],{},"God is like water, ice and steam"," if he was a ",[33,145,147],{"href":146},"..\u002Fmodalism","Modalist"," or God is like an egg (shell, white and yolk) if he was a ",[33,150,152],{"href":151},"..\u002Fpartialism","Partialist",".",[155,156,158],"h2",{"id":157},"strongest-proof-that-jesus-claimed-to-be-divine","Strongest Proof that Jesus Claimed to be Divine",[23,160,161],{},"Important questions to ask to proof the divinity of Jesus:",[27,163,164,170,176,197],{},[30,165,166],{},[33,167,169],{"href":168},"claims\u002Fi-am","Did Jesus claim to be the \"I AM\"?",[30,171,172],{},[33,173,175],{"href":174},"claims\u002Fomnipresent","Did Jesus claim to be omnipresent?",[30,177,178,182,183],{},[33,179,181],{"href":180},"..\u002Fnature","Did Jesus claim to have 2 natures?","?\n",[27,184,185,191],{},[30,186,187],{},[33,188,190],{"href":189},"..\u002F","The Son of God",[30,192,193],{},[33,194,196],{"href":195},"..\u002Fname\u002Fson-of-man","The Son of Man",[30,198,199],{},[33,200,202],{"href":201},"claims\u002Fgood","Did Jesus claims to be good?",[23,204,205,206,210,211,215,216,215,220,215,224,228],{},"However, Jesus directly stated multiple times that ",[33,207,209],{"href":208},"..\u002Fhuman\u002Fdenies-being-god","he is not God"," (",[108,212,214],{"className":213,"dataReference":214},[111],"Matthew 19:17","; ",[108,217,219],{"className":218,"dataReference":219},[111],"Mark 10:18",[108,221,223],{"className":222,"dataReference":223},[111],"Luke 18:19",[108,225,227],{"className":226,"dataReference":227},[111],"John 5:19",",44-45; 8:54; 17:1-3).",{"title":230,"searchDepth":231,"depth":231,"links":232},"",2,[233],{"id":157,"depth":231,"text":158},"Jesus made many claims that could be interpreted as divine. 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