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John 8:40: Full text: "But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things." Jesus calls himself "a man" (genuine human), not only human. This confirms his full humanity, not that he is not also divine.
John 17:3: Full text: "Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." Jesus addresses the Father as "the only true God" he is not excluding himself, but distinguishing the Father’s role in this sentence, and affirming there is only one true God (against polytheism) One being/nature: There is only one true God (Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Corinthians 8:4) this is what John 17:3 defends.
Three Persons: Father, Son (Jesus), Holy Spirit share this one divine nature (John 1:1–2, Colossians 2:9, Hebrews 1:8). When Jesus calls the Father "the only true God," he is speaking as the Son to the Father, not denying his own divinity. He is saying "You [Father] are the one true God" not "I am not also God."
Full humanity full divinity: John 8:40 confirms Jesus took on true human nature (body, soul, limitations) while retaining his divine nature (hypostatic union). He is 100% God and 100% man never only one or the other.
Why this is not a denial of Jesus’ divinity
John 1:1–4 explicitly states: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." So Jesus is with God and is God, then became a human man.
If John 17:3 meant Jesus was not God, it would contradict dozens of other verses: Jesus calls himself "I AM" (John 8:58, matching Exodus 3:14), accepts worship (Matthew 14:33), and does only what God can do (forgives sins, creates, raises the dead)
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