Nontrinitarianism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== John 20:28β29 ==== [[John 20:28]][[John 20:29|β29]] β "And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed"". Since Thomas called Jesus ''God'', Jesus's statement appears to endorse Thomas's assertion. Nontrinitarians sometimes respond that it is plausible that Thomas is addressing the Lord Jesus and then the Father.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} Another possible answer is that Jesus himself said, "Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?" ({{bibleref2|John|10:34}}) referring to Psalm 82:6β8.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} The word "gods" in verse{{nbsp}}6 and "God" in verse{{nbsp}}8 is the same Hebrew word "'elohim",<ref name="biblicalheritage.org">{{cite web |author=Kemp, Steve |orig-date=22 May 2000 |title=Elohiym |website=Biblical Heritage Center |editor=Myers, Jim |date=c. 2009 |url=http://www.biblicalheritage.org/Linguistic/HL/1-A/-elohiym.htm |access-date=2009-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029040650/http://www.biblicalheritage.org/Linguistic/HL/1-A/-elohiym.htm |archive-date=2009-10-29}}</ref> which means, "gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative",<ref>{{cite dictionary |title=ΧΦ±ΧΦΉΧΦ΄ΧΧ (''elohim'') β God, god |dictionary=Strong's Hebrew |id=430 |url=http://strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/430.htm |access-date=5 March 2015}}</ref> and can also refer to powers and potentates, in general, or as "God, god, gods, rulers, judges or angels",<ref name="biblicalheritage.org"/> and as "divine ones, goddess, godlike one".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblestudytools.net/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=0430|title=Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon|work=Bible Study Tools}}</ref><!-- This apologetic argument is being presented in 'Wikipedia's voice'! Provide a source indicating that nontrinitarians make the assertion --> Therefore, the point being that Jesus was a power or mighty one to the Apostles, as the resurrected Messiah, and as the reflection of God the Father. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page