Greetings, Pierac. Something is wrong with the alert system because I never got any alerts telling me this thread had been responded to. Had you not just posted 15-20 minutes ago, which brought it up on the Recent Posts board, I would have never known.
The above is a fairly well-written response, better than the one quoted in the OP. The problem here is that he didn't actually use the word "King," though it was an extremely common word used at the time. Nor did he use the word "Christ." The word that came out of his mouth was "God," and the force of it is stronger. When Peter identified Him as "the Christ" it was also by revelation. This had not been revealed to others yet, but Jesus confirmed what came out of Peter's mouth after he said it, rather than correct it.
So for starters, there could actually be a close relation between appearing as a God and actually being One here, and both would be insinuated and could be read into Thomas' statement. You don't think Jesus would have corrected him if He were not actually God if the Pharisees had already tried to condemn Him for declaring Himself to be God? Seems like that would be rather careless on His part. You don't think He would have corrected what appeared to be words that endorsed the very heresy He had earlier been accused of, over which the Pharisees almost stoned Him to death?
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” 33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.”
I find it very interesting that in Mark 14 Jesus refers to Himself as the Son of man...Mark 14 (KJV)
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²⁰ And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
²¹ The
Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the
Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
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⁴¹ And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the
Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
⁴² Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
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⁶¹ But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
⁶² And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the
Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
⁶³ Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
⁶⁴ Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
Jesus never spoke from His lips He was the Son of God...but there are several scriptures where it is implied...
Ex:Matthew 26 (KJV)
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⁶³ But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
⁶⁴ Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
