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by Xtreme2252 on September 4th, 2007

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Did Jesus have super powers?

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  • by Jack Wallace on December 1st, 2007

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    Biblically speaking, no, Jesus did not *have* superpowers. He had the Holy Spirit (what/who the Old Testament called the Ruach Qadesh, the Shekinah [God's Manifest Glory], and "the Face/Presence of God") resting on him in perfect fullness. By his own testimony, it was by the power of the Holy Spirit that he did the miraculous things he did ... well, except for the so-called "nature miracles" described in Matthew, where it is not by supernatural power that he does such things, but by shear authority: the wind and the waves recognize their master and do as he commands them out of shear obedience to him.

    As to whether or not he actually did such things, consider these two facts:

    1. every current historian of the subject (by which I mean people with PhD's in 1st & 2nd century history, intertestimental Judaism, New Testament history and criticism, or related fields) concurrs that Jesus acquired within his own lifetime a reputation as a miracle healer and wonder worker.

    2. for the next 400 years after the crucifixion, pagan and Jewish apologists/critics of Christianity NEVER denied that he had done such things, but rather spent a lot of ink and parchment/papyrus (which was dear and expensive) insisting that he a) was a sorceror, b) had a demon that did these things for him, and/or c) was a demon himself. Pagan socerors for the next 3 centuries even used his name in their spells and incantations as a name of power, alongside those of pagan gods and demons. More pious (and superstitious) Pagan Romans were so superstitious about the power of his name that they never said it or wrote it, but merely referred to him by circumlocutions or euphemisms like Chrestus, "him that was crucified", and "nomen Christiananum" (the Christian name).

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    • Those two facts have nothing to do with whether or not Jesus actually did anything supernatural. The books of the New Testament were written well after his death, in a world where people believed all kinds of things (as you say in fact number two.) Paul is the oldest writer in the New Testament; he never met Jesus and was somewhat crazy, even by the standards established in his own day (to what degree we can discern those standards. You can argue he was crazy for Christ, but if you accept Acts as true, he would receive medical attention for schizophrenia today. Even if you deny Acts and go only by his letters, he's unstable.)

      Jesus the character had superpowers. Jesus the human being is unknowable.

      bcf

      by bcf on October 25th, 2010

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