Christian Claim
"Jesus explicitly claimed to be God throughout the Gospels"
Bible References
Jesus: 'No one is good except God alone'
"Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God."
Jesus: 'The Father is greater than I'
"You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I."
Quran References
مَّا ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ ٱلرُّسُلُ
"The Messiah, son of Mary, was but a messenger before whom messengers had passed on. His mother was a woman of truth."
Islamic Clarification
Jesus used the title 'Son of Man' over 80 times — his most common self-description — a title with no divine connotation in Jewish tradition. When addressed as 'good teacher,' Jesus replied: 'Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone' (Mark 10:18). He explicitly said 'the Father is greater than I' (John 14:28). The strongest divine-sounding verses are largely in the Gospel of John — the latest-written Gospel, composed decades after the others — and are actively debated among mainstream Christian theologians.