.One came and said unto him, Good Master, what good
Thing shall I do. That I may have eternal life? And he
Said unto him, why callest thou me good? There is none good
But one, that is, God.
(in king James version)
.Now a man came up to Jesus and asked "Teacher, what
good thing must I do to get eternal life?"
"why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied.
"there is only one who is good. If you want to enter life,
obey the commandments."
(in the new international version).
To make is easy to compare, here are Jesus` two different questions:
According to King James version (KJV), in simple English, Jesus asked:
*Why do you CALL ME GOOD?
But, according to the New International Version (NIV), Jesus said:
*Why do you ASK ME ABOUT WHAT IS GOOD?
Please honestly camper between Jesus` question in the King James Version and
His questions in the New International Version. Do they have the same
Meaning? Can they both be correct?
Going back to the critical question, Is Jesus God?, I think that if Jesus
Were God or part of God, his logical response would be to approve of what the
Questioner called him (i.e., "Good Master").
Sound reasoning and plain logic tell us that God is good. And if Jesus were
God or part of God (part of the Trinity) he MUST BE GOOD! Don`t
you agree?
Presumably, some of the possible, expected response that Jesus cold utter in response
To the young man saying "Good Master" include:
#"certainly, I am good, for I am god."
#"you are right. I am good"
#or at least, knowing that he was obviously good, being God or a manifestation of
God, Jesus could have answered the young man without taking issue
with his words by saying:
*"if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandment"
But, astonishingly, Jesus responded to the young man`s words "Good Master"
With something unexpected! He denied that he was good, wondering, "why do you call
Me good?"
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