Keith posted:To each his own. A simple, "I don't understand" would have suffice
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The Bible never records Jesus saying the precise words, "I am God." That does not mean, however, that He did not proclaim that He is God.
Why would I say that I don't understand? I understand the written words perfectly. What you do is swallow conjectures gullibly. Now explain in English what is highlighted above. God never had any problems proclaiming at the top of his voice that He is God so why was Jesus so shy to do the same? And all this nonsense about Jesus being the son of God doesn't make it any more bona fide. The Bible has countless statements of God having "sons by the tons". Even Israel (Jacob) was God's son, "His Firstborn". And this word Christ. That is no more than a translation for the Greek word Cristos which is a Greek translation of the Hebrew word masah which is used constantly in the Bible for different people and things. Even pots and pans are labeled masah. So they labeled Jesus as masah, then translated it to Cristos and then to Christ and today people mistakenly go around thinking that Christ is only for Jesus. After Paul colluded with the Romans to concoct a religion similar to Mithraism, the writers of the New Testament fell in line with his argument and made up stories about Jesus to corroborate his. Why do you think the first book on the New Testament is called The Gospel ACCORDING to Matthew? That is because it was not actually written by Matthew. Modern Bible scholars have long maintained that Matthew was actually written by Mark but they are open to someone other than Matthew or Mark.
That analogy is how to understand what one reads. You do nothing other and conjecture and made up stories that one has to be gullible to accept.