{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Messiah Is Jesus, with David Ritsema: John 20:31","description":"John 20:31 is usually translated as John\u2019s purpose statement: \u201cthat you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God\u201d (ESV). But could the clause also be understood as, \u201cthat you may believe that the Christ, the Son of God, is Jesus\u201d? What difference would this make for how we read John\u2019s Gospel as a whole? In this episode, David Ritsema discusses the grammatical question behind this translation and its implications for John\u2019s presentation of Jesus as the Messiah. Dr. David Ritsema is Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor of New Testament at B. H. Carroll Theological Seminary, East Texas Baptist University. His book, The Divine Messiah: A Portrait of Jesus in the Johannine Literature, is forthcoming with Wipf &amp;amp; Stock.  Check out related programs at Wheaton College: B.A. in Classical Languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew): https:\/\/bit.ly\/4tfjeTr&amp;nbsp; M.A. in Biblical Exegesis: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4lYiJuC&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Exegetically Speaking","author_url":"http:\/\/exegeticallyspeaking.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40623915\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/40623915"}