Jesus and His God

Acts 3:15 -- and the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of which we are witnesses. -- Young's Literal . Acts 3:15 -- You killed the author of life, the very one whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses of this. -- Common English Bible . Acts 3:15 (CSB) And you killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this. -- Holman Christian Standard Bible . Some offer Acts 3:15 as a proof of the trinity. It has been claimed that Jesus is the Creator of the universe  and thus this is alleged to prove that Jesus is God Almighty, and therefore one of the person of the alleged triune God. Evidently, the phrase "Prince of Life" is being assumed to mean the absolute source of all life, and thus that this would mean that Jesus is God who created the universe. The word rendered " prince " above is a compound word that roughly means chief or first leader. It can refer to the chief source. It is used again in A...

Romans 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen. -- World English. For of him, and by him, and in him be all things. To him be glory into worlds [of worlds]. Amen. -- Wycliffe. This scripture is claimed by some to apply to Jesus, with the argument that Jesus is the Creator, the Almighty God. Nevertheless, the context shows that it is God who is being spoken of, not Jesus. Verse 2 (Romans 11:2) shows that this is referring to the God of Israel, whom Jesus spoke of as his Father. (Exodus 3:6,15,16; Matthew 22:32; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37; John 8:54) Verse 34 (Romans 11:34) is an indirect quote from Isaiah 40:13, which reads: "Who has directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counselor has taught him?" All through Romans "God" is spoken of as both the Father of Jesus, and also as the God of Israel. Taken in isolation, and with the rendering of the Greek words ta panta as "all things", and in ...