As a Protestant I would obviously not agree with everything said/taught/written in Catholic scholar Brant Pitre's materials. Nevertheless, some of his arguments are worth sharing. There was a really good video on YouTube where Pitre defended Jesus' full Deity based on His walking on water after having fed the 5000, but the video was taken down. The following videos by Brant aren't as good as that original video, but they include some of his arguments.
Note, Jesus says "ego eimi" (I am or I AM) in all three Gospels that record this incident (Mark 6:50, Matt. 14:27 & John 6:20). In the following videos Pitre shows why the incident is meant to be understood to be a theophany. The coincidences are wayyyyy too many.
The first video comes close to addressing everything in the original video that I referred to above. The discussion of Jesus walking on water begins at 7 minutes and 20 seconds. But I recommend listening to the entire video.
The Case for Jesus Course Introduction: Is Jesus Divine in the Synoptic Gospels?
https://youtu.be/PCDXj3uaDC0
The next two videos are supplementary. The first video above expresses most of what I wanted to posted in this blogpost. This second video adds the point about how Jesus' statement "ego eimi" in response to the disciples' fear parallels Old Testament times when Almighty God would say "fear not." As well as how in the Old Testament the common human response to theophanies was for the humans encountering them to be afraid.
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