Did Jesus claim to be God?
The Gospels seem to phrase this quite differently from each other. How should I hold them together?
The Gospels seem to phrase this quite differently from each other. How should I hold them together?
If you're not in a hurry, come back to this in a year. Traditions answer this very differently, so ask in your own community too.
There's a long history here, with the argument running from the fourth century onward.
Knowing the situation of the community it was written for makes this much clearer. The short answer is that scripture itself does not settle this; several readings coexist. The answer differs depending on whether you're asking historically or confessionally.