Does Acts 13:33 mean that Jesus was not the Son of God until he was raised out of death?
Acts 13:33 - that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son. Today I have become your father.' -- World English.
Acts 13:33 - that this God has fulfilled to us, their children, raising up Jesus; as also it has been written in the second Psalm, "You are My Son, today I have begotten [Strong's #1080] You." Psa. 2:7 -- Green's Literal.
Some translations render the Greek word for begotten here as "become your father" [or something similar] which can certainly be misleading. Such an application, if applied in harmony with other scriptgures, would make it appear that before Christ was raised, God was not the Father of Jesus, but that He became Jesus' Father when Jesus was raised from the dead. The reality is that Jesus proclaimed God as being his Father long before he was raised from the dead; scriptures also indicate that he was Son of God before he had become flesh, and he was God's firstborn before God had created the dominions of heaven and earth through him. (Matthew 7:21; 10:32,33; 11:27; 12:50; 16:17; 18:10,19; 20:23; 24:36; Luke 22:70; John 1:1-3,10; 3:17,18; 5:43; 8:28,38; 10:32,36; 16:28; 17:1,5; Galatians 4:4; Colossians 1:15-16) It would certainly not be wise to base a doctrine on a rendering of Acts 3:13 that would not be in harmony with the rest of the scriptures.
According to Acts 13:33, Jesus was begotten, brought forth, out of death, by means of his being resurrected. The idea that God was not the Father of Jesus but became the Father of Jesus when he was raised from the dead has to be imagined beyond what is actually stated.
The Bible shows that Jesus is begotten (brought forth) three times:
(1) as the firstborn creature. — Colossians 1:15; Proverbs 8:22-25.
(2) of the holy spirit as a human. — Matthew 1:20; Hebrews 10:5.
(3) from the dead when raised from the dead. — Psalm 2:7; Acts 13:33; Colossians 1:18; Hebrews 1:5; 5:5.
Some scholars read into Psalm 2:7 that by "Today" is referring to an eternal today and thus that in saying "You are my Son" that it means that in that eternal "day" God speaks to Jesus saying "You are my Son [because] today I have begotten you." The reality is that Acts 13:33 shows that Psalm 2:7 is applied to Jesus' being begotten from death. Jesus was already the Son of God, who was begotten (brought forth) from death on the day God raised him out of death.
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