A questions for JW's

[Nelka]

As you are non-Trinitarian how do you explain this verse of the Bible?

John 10:30 The Father and I are One.

Thanks.

 

[Todd977]

I was never a JW but before I was a Trinitarian, I understood the verse to mean that Jesus’s will was in perfect accord with the will of the Father, just like the will of the good angels and the Virgin Mary are always in perfect accord with the will of God.

 

[signit]

I was never a JW but before I was a Trinitarian, I understood the verse to mean that Jesus’s will was in perfect accord with the will of the Father, just like the will of the good angels and the Virgin Mary are always in perfect accord with the will of God.

I was never officially a member, either, but from the time I was involved, it was understood to mean something similar, that Jesus and the Father are “one” more generally, like “we” are one in John 17:22.

From EWTN, something similar:

So how do the Witnesses interpret a verse such as John 10:[30]: “I and the Father are one”? They say Jesus meant he was “one in agreement, purpose, and organization” with the Father, that’s all. But they ignore the very next verse, in which the Jews take up stones to throw at him, and verse 33, in which they say, “We stone you . . . because you, being a man, make yourself God.” This is a Catholic translation. We must use it because the New World Translation, as in John 1:[1], translates the Greek improperly. It gives: “We are stoning you . . . because you, although being a man, make yourself a god.” Note the lower-case “g” again.

 

[ajcstr]

As you are non-Trinitarian how do you explain this verse of the Bible?

John 10:30 The Father and I are One.

Thanks.

I believe they would counter with Jn 17:21

I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.