Who was (is) Jesus ?

Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
You certainly are a snippy one.

I'm quite aware that "The whole Hebrew and Greek original
text did not use quotation marks." If you read my post, you'll see that I said, "It's my understanding that the original text does not include quotation marks."

Sorry, I misunderstood your meaning. I thought you meant that
quotation marks should not be used in the Enlish translation
because there was none in the original lamguage.

Originally posted by RJHinds
Yes you gave me one; but if you look closely at the beginning of
the verses it does not seem to match the original Greek. It looks
like something was added to the beginning of the verses to
make it appear to be a comment. Look at the reference below
giving the original Greek and the English below it and compare the
translations. Then click on over to v ...[text shortened]... added
something to make it agree with his belief.

http://interlinearbible.org/john/3-17.htm

I meant to include verses 16 and 19 in there, because of
the way these two verses are translated in that translation
it makes it appear more like a comment than a quote. But
even if you are right that Jesus did not say this, does that
really make much difference unless you believe the writer
was not John, but someone who did not know much about
Jesus?

Originally posted by RJHinds
I meant to include verses 16 and 19 in there, because of
the way these two verses are translated in that translation
it makes it appear more like a comment than a quote. But
even if you are right that Jesus did not say this, does that
really make much difference unless you believe the writer
was not John, but someone who did not know much about
Jesus?

You seem to be of the mindset that if you find something (no matter how irrelevant or false) negative to say, that you've "proven" something. Even in this short discussion there have already been several instances of this. One would think that you'd at least try to comprehend what was written and try to give a considered response. Instead it seems more like flailing in desperation.

Surely if you look back at the discussion thus far, you'll know this to be true. What gives?