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Many Christians are under the impression that Jesus’ miracles were unique to himself and thus constitute evidence for his divinity. However, the majority of Jesus’ miracles are recorded in the Old Testaments as having been done by earlier Prophets.
| Jesus’ miracles | Other prophets' miracles |
|---|---|
| Jesus fed 5,000 people with loaves of bread and two fishes. |
Elisha fed 100 people with twenty barley loaves and a few ears of corn (II Kings 4:44) |
| Jesus healed lepers. | Elisha cured Naaman the leper (II Kings 5:14). |
| Jesus caused the blind to see. | Elisha caused the blind to see (II Kings 6:17&20). |
| Jesus raised the dead. | Elijah did the same (I Kings 17:22). So did Elisha (II Kings 4:34). Even Elisha’s bones could restore the dead (II Kings 13:21). |
| Jesus walked on water. | Moses and his people crossed the dead sea (Exodus 14:22). |
Furthermore, there are also texts in the New Testament which confirm tha t Jesus did not act on his own. Jesus is quoted in John 5:30, as saying: “I can of mine own self do nothing…” and in Luke 11:20, as saying, “But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the Kingdom of God is come upon you.”
In Acts 2:22, Paul writes: “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know…”
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4.1 million followers, 200,000 converts yearly
Founder: Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916) a former Millerite and Christadelphian Rejected eternal punishment.
Started Watchtower 1879 – informal following in the millions, but organized only a distributorship of tracts (100,000 books and 800,000 magazines printed daily)
Followers called: Bible Students
Joseph F. Rutherford (1869-1942) lawyer took over and officially named group “Jehovah’s Witnesses” in 1931
Unusual Beliefs
The term “Jehovah” is not found in the Hebrew Bible – only in the Jehovah’s Witness translation “The New World Bible”. Jewish custom to avoid pronouncing the divine name led them to write yhwh (Yahweh) in texts and read adonai (the Lord). In ignorance, later the vowels of adonai combined with the tetragrammaton to get Jehovah.
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