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Yeshua/Jesus not God (Christadelphian)

This page contains selected passages from the Open English Translation with the passage from the OET Readers’ Version on the left, and the OET Literal Version on the right. Minimal commentary is included (only some headings)—our aim is simply to conveniently list the passages in one place so that our readers can make up their own minds about what the writer of the passage was intending to communicate.

Readers’ Version

Literal Version 

Claim: Jesus died

OET 1 Cor 15:3-4

3Yes, first of all, I passed onto you all what I myself had received: that Messiah died for our sins as the scriptures had predicted,[ref] 4and that he was buried and then brought back to life on the third day as per the scriptures again,[ref]


Claim: God cannot die

OET 1 Tim 1:17

17May the king of the ages, the indestructible, invisible, only God have all the honour and praise throughout all the ages. May it be so.

Claim: Jesus was tempted

OET Heb 4:14-15

14So then, having Yeshua the son of God who came from and returned to the heavens as our high priest, we need to hold firmly to what we say we believe, 15because we don’t have a high priest who’s not able to sympathise with our weakness, but rather who’s been tempted just like we are, yet he didn’t sin.

Claim: God cannot be tempted

OET Yac (Jam) 1:13

13No one should say ‘It’s God tempting me’ when they’re being tempted, because God can’t be tempted to do evil and he doesn’t tempt others,

Claim: Jesus was seen

OET Yhn (Jhn) 1:29

29The next day Yohan saw Yeshua coming towards him, and said, “Hey! Here’s the sacrificial lamb of God who’s come to take away the sin of the world.

Claim: No man has ever seen God

OET 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 4:12

12No one has ever seen God, but when we are loving each other then God is living in us, and his love is being perfected in us.[ref]


Claim: Jesus was and is a man

OET 1 Tim 2:5

5There’s only one God and also one mediator between God and humankind and that’s the man Yeshua the messiah

Claim: God is not a man

OET Num 23:18-19

18Then Bileam gave his speech,

Look here, Balak, and listen.

≈ Pay attention to me, son of Tsipor.

19God doesn’t lie because he’s not a human being,

≈ and he’s not a mortal who might change his mind.

Whatever he’s said, he’ll do it.

≈ Anything he promised, he’ll make it happen.

Claim: Jesus had to grow and learn

OET Heb 5:8-9

8Although he was a son, he learnt obedience from what he suffered 9and once he became perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who submitted to him

Claim: God doesn’t ever need to learn

OET Isa 40:28

28Don’t you know?

≈ Haven’t you heard?

The eternal God Yahweh is the creator of one end of the earth to the other.

He doesn’t get tired

≈ and he won’t become weary.

You won’t find a limit to his understanding.

Claim: Jesus needs salvation

OET Heb 5:7

7During the time when Yeshua lived in a human body, he offered up prayers and petitions with a mighty clamour and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.[ref]


Claim: God does not

OET Heb 5:7

7During the time when Yeshua lived in a human body, he offered up prayers and petitions with a mighty clamour and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.[ref]


Claim: Jesus grew weary

OET Yhn (Jhn) 4:5-6

5By choosing that route, they came to a town in Shomron called Sukar, which was near the place that the patriarch Yosef had inherited from his father Yacob,[ref] 6and ‘Yacob’s well’ was there. Yeshua was tired from all the walking and was sitting by the well around midday.


Claim: God can’t grow weary

OET Isa 40:28

28Don’t you know?

≈ Haven’t you heard?

The eternal God Yahweh is the creator of one end of the earth to the other.

He doesn’t get tired

≈ and he won’t become weary.

You won’t find a limit to his understanding.

Claim: Jesus slept

OET Mat 8:23-24

23Then Yeshua and his apprentices followed him and got into the boat and launched it. 24Then wow, a huge storm rose up on the lake, and the waves started coming into the boat, but Yeshua was asleep.

Claim: God doesn’t slumber

OET Psa 121:2-4

2My help comes from Yahweh

who made heaven and earth.


3May he not allow your feet to slip.

May your protector stay alert.


4Listen, Yisrael’s protector doesn’t doze or sleep.

Claim: Jesus wasn’t all powerful

OET Yhn (Jhn) 5:18-19

18Because of this, the leaders became determined that he must be put to death—not just because he broke the rules for the rest day, but most of all because he was calling God his own father, thus making himself equal to God!

19So Yeshua responded to them, “I want to tell you all something: The son can’t initiate anything by himself. He can only do what he sees his father doing, because whatever his father is doing, he also does things like that.

Claim: God is all powerful (omnipotent)

OET Isa 45:5-7


5I am Yahweh and there’s no one else.

≈ Apart from me, there’s no other God.

Even though you don’t know me,

I will strengthen you

6so that from the east to the west they’ll know

that there’s nothing apart from me.

I’m Yahweh, and there’s no other God.

7I formed the light and created the darkness.

I bring peace and prosperity, and I cause disasters.

It’s me, Yahweh, who does all those things.


45:6 OSHB note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

Claim: Jesus wasn’t all knowing

OET Mark 13:31-32

31The sky and the planet might collapse, but my teachings will never become irrelevant.

32But as for the date or time when all this will happen, only the father knows that—even the son and messengers don’t know.[ref]


Claim: God is all knowing (omniscient)

OET Isa 46:9-10

9Think about what happened long ago

because I’m God and there’s no other,

≈ I’m God and there’s no one like me.

10From the beginning, I declare the end.

≈ From ancient times, I announce what’s still to come.

I declare that my plan will come to be,

≈ and all my intentions will be accomplished.

Only God can do that

OET Mark 2:1-12

2When Yeshua came back to Capernaum after a few days, people soon heard that he was back in the house. 2And so many people turned up there that there wasn’t any room left—not even in the doorway. Inside, Yeshua was explaining the scriptures to them. 3Four men arrived, carrying a paralysed man to Yeshua, 4but because of the crowd, they were unable to get close. So they climbed up onto the flat roof, removed a section, and lowered the paralysed man lying on a pallet. 5Yeshua, observing their faith, said to the man, “Son, your sins are forgiven![fn]

6But some of the religious teachers were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7“Why’s that fellow talking like that? He’s seriously insulting God. There’s only one who can forgive sins, and that’s God himself.”

8Then Yeshua, knowing in his spirit that they were reasoning like that, said to them, “Why are you thinking that to yourselves? 9Which is easier: to tell the paralysed man that his sins have been forgiven, or to tell him to pick up his bedding and walk? 10But so you all can see that humanity’s child does have authority here on the earth to forgive sins,” he turned and said to the paralysed man, 11Listen. Get up, take your bedding, and go home!

12So the man stood up, and picked up his bedding, and went out of the house where everyone saw him and marvelled and praised God saying, “We’ve never seen anything like that happen before!”


2:5 Yeshua’s hearers would have taken this as a claim to be God, as they knew that only God could forgive sins as v7 shows.

OET Mat 9:1-9

9So Yeshua got into a boat and crossed back over to his own city of Capernaum. 2Some people there brought a paralysed man to him lying on a stretcher. And when Yeshua saw their faith, he said to the man, “Son, be encouraged. Your sins are forgiven.”

3Immediately some of the religious teachers said among themselves, “This man’s claiming God’s authority.”

4But Yeshua knew their thoughts and said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts? 5Do you think it’s easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’? 6But so that you’ll know that humanity’s child has the authority here on earth to forgive sins,” he said, “stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”

7Then the man stood up and went off home. 8The crowds were struck with fear after seeing this, yet they praised God for giving people such authority.

9And as Yeshua was leaving there, he saw a man called Matthew (also known as Levi) sitting in the tax office. He said to Matthew, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.

OET Luke 5:17-26

17Yeshua was teaching one day, and some from the Pharisee party and some religious teachers were sitting there listening. They had come from villages all around Galilee and Yudea, and also from Yerushalem, and the power of Yahweh was there enabling Yeshua to heal people. 18Then, look, some men turned up carrying a paralysed man on a stretcher, and they tried to bring him inside and place him in front of Yeshua 19but because of the crowd they couldn’t find a way in. So instead, they went up the stairs to the flat roof and removed some tiles in order to let the stretcher down right in front of Yeshua. 20When he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins have been forgiven.”

21“Who’s this guy who’s insulting God?” the teachers and Pharisees started to say among themselves. “Only God is able to forgive sins.”

22But Yeshua knew what they were thinking and saying, and answered them, “Why are you reasoning about this in your minds? 23Which is easier to say: ‘Your sins have been forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up and walk’? 24But I’ll demonstrate to you that humanity’s child does have the authority to forgive sins here on earth.” Then he turned to the paralysed man and told him, “Listen to me. Stand up and pick up your stretcher, then go home.”

25Immediately the man stood up, right there in front of them all, picked up what he’d been lying on, and headed off to his home praising God. 26Everyone was astounded and they too praised God. But there was also a feeling of fear and they said, “We’ve witnessed something out-of-the-normal today!”

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