ISAIAH 53:8 53:8: “As a result of the transgression of my people he has been afflicted.” The literal rendering of this verse is: “From the t...

ISAIAH 53:9 53:9: “his grave was set with the wicked” The burial of Jesus How was Jesus’ grave “set with the wicked”? Many Christians connec...

Jesus and his philosophy of violence Jesus was not adverse to using violence and held no general principle against violent action. If Jesus was tr...

53:9: “neither was there any deceit in his mouth” The issue of Jesus’ deceitful behavior Is there any indication that Jesus was deceitful to fr...

Salvation was reserved for the select few Jesus claimed that he revealed the meaning of his esoteric declarations (the parables) only to his disci...

A medley of secrets, lies and deception Knowing that Elijah must precede the Messiah (Malachi 3:1, 23), Jesus claimed that John the Baptist was El...

ISAIAH 53:10 53:10: “If he would offer himself as a guilt-offering” The suffering servant as a guilt-offering Following the initial declarat...

Making the unsuitable suitable New Testament style It is alleged that Jesus was spiritually pure and sinless and that his supposed sacrificial dea...

Did Jesus suffer vicariously for the sins of mankind? Jesus is often portrayed as suffering vicariously for the sins of mankind. No support for su...

This past Sunday, exactly 3,330 years ago, G-d addressed our ancestors whom He had brought out of Egypt and told them, in the 'voice of G-d,' the f...

53:10: “he shall see seed” Zer‘a The expression in the verse is “see seed” (yireh zer‘a) and appears only here. The absence of a possessive pro...

53:10: “he shall prolong days” The concept of prolonging of days and that of gaining eternal life: The differences: The concept of a prolonge...

ISAIAH 53:11 53:11: “From the labor of his soul he shall see; he shall be satisfied.” Christian commentators claim that the life’s work of Je...

ISAIAH 53:12 53:12: “I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the mighty” There is a great divide betwe...

Continued from Part 27 The servant’s rewards for faithfulness to God In verse 12, God speaks of the servant, who, as a result of his selflessness,...

Continued from Part 28 Jesus and the spoils of war shared with the mighty. What portion did Jesus share with the great, what spoil did he divid...

As mentioned above a verse by verse explanation of how the people of Israel are the fulfillment the Suffering Servant prophecy can be found in Isai...

PART 1: INTRODUCING THE PROBLEM The notion of a triune deity In trinitarian Christian belief there are three conscious personalities existing i...

PART 2: THE PROBLEM OF THE SON The Master and the servant There are many New Testament passages that refute the Christian doctrine of the Trini...

Continued from Part 2 Similarly, when asked if he would “at this time” restore the kingdom of Israel (Acts 1:6) Jesus replied: “It is not for yo...

John quotes Jesus as saying: “I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am” (John 14:28). Is this coequality within the Trinit...

Paul states “that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:11). Some Trinitarian Christians allege this shows that Paul...

Jesus, the man, is said to be the mediator between God and men. Paul writes, “For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the ...

Continued from Part 6 John’s Jesus states: “Even in your Law it has been written, that the testimony of two men is true [i.e., valid or admissib...

Continued from Part 12 The author of John expounds the belief that Jesus had a prehuman existence as the Word who was “in the beginning with God...

Continued from Part 7 God: undivided and without equal How did John’s Jesus view the possibility of a division in the divine essence? Chapter 17 o...

Continued from Part 8 Paul’s Jesus: A savior but not God The New Testament authors make a definite distinction between the one-and-only God a...

Continued from Part 9 “I am” John’s Jesus states: “‘Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.’ The Jews therefore s...

Continued from Part 10 Jesus as an instrument of the Creator Even the authors of John, Colossians, and Hebrews, who elevate Jesus to a point wh...

Continued from Part 11 Nevertheless, Barnes believes that Jesus is himself the uncreated and eternal Creator. However, he does not base his beli...