Was Jesus fully human

Answer 1

Jesus was human throughout his 33 years of living on Earth. He was born a human baby with the same vulnerabilities we all were born with, and his life ended as proof of his human mortality. During his life he experienced pain, hunger, and everything else any other human would have. To become human, he even gave up his ability to fellowship with his Father as an omnipotent being, he prayed as we do and fasted to help focus his thoughts.

11:35">John 11:35"Jesus wept." Malachi 3:6"For I am the LORD, I change not; ....."

When Jesus changed from infant to adolescent to adult.

When Jesus diedWhat was Jesus' last words?

Matthew 27:46: "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani, that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

Mark 15:34: "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani, which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

There is a problem on the above 2 verses. It shows the writer translating a Hebrew Phrase to another language (the language The Bible was written, Greek?) to his Hebrew listeners.

Luke 23:46: "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit" (xxiii, 46).

John 19:30: "It is finished"

Answer (10/Apr/09)

As the above answer states, Jesus was human the whole time He was on earth; this means that there was no moment in which He was "more human" or "most human". Jesus laughed, wept, ate, needed sleep and even defecated. When God became incarnate, He did so 100%.

Some might say "Ah, but Jesus didn't sin so He wasn't really human". Sinfulness is not part of the TRUE human nature, but of fallen human nature. In heaven we will still be human but so full of love for God that we will not sin (i.e. turn away from God).

Answer (31/Jan/09)

Also, remember that in the first 5 centuries of Christianity, there were numerous disputes about the nature of Christ, for example:

- was He only God but he just looked human

- was He only human but adopted by God at His baptism when God said "truly this is my Son"

- was He more than human but less than God?

- was He two complete persons: 1 God, and 1 man fused together?

- was he one person with two natures? Divine and Human

The early Church councils of Nicea, Constantinople, and Ephesus definitively answered these questions for all time, and each time they referred to the Mother of Jesus and applied the idea to her. For example, when they asked if Jesus was true man, they considered the fact that He was born of Mary. As such, whatever else He was, it could be assured that He was human. For Mary could not have been His mother unless He was human.

Answer 2

One of the most important arguments that split the Catholic-Orthodox branch of Christianity during the third to fifth centuries revolved around the nature of Jesus. In fact, this resulted in the split that created the Coptic and Assyrian Churches. The historical existence of these arguments means that if Christians could not then agree on the human nature of Jesus, there is no proof that the argument that won was really true, or whether this argument won because of the personalities that supported it.

The gospels, particularly Matthew, Mark and Luke, do portray Jesus as human. Mark in particular portrays Jesus as having the normal range of human emotions and prejudices. The portrayal in Mark is that Jesus was human, adopted by God as his son at the time of his baptism. Mark and Lukeportray Jesus as born of a virgin human mother, from the Holy Spirit. John portrays Jesus as pre-existing and divine, and seems to disagree with the account of his birth in Bethlehem.

Answer 3

Answer

The Bible attests that He most certainly was. Also, if He was not fully human, then He would not have been in full identification with us as humans. see Philippians 2:7-8.