Greatness or Alleged Arrogation
Yahweh
Greater Than
all the gods ⇒ Exod 18:11 (in the estimation of Jethro).
Marked Ascriptions
The Most High, (ὁ) ὕψιστος ⇒ [2x] Ps 83:19 (Eng. 83:18); Acts 7:48.
God Most High, אֵל עֶלְיוֹן, ὁ θεός ὁ ὕψιστος ⇒ [4x] Gen 14:19; 14:20; 14:22; Acts 16:17.
The Father
Greater Than
Jesus ⇒ John 14:28 (superordinate to).
Marked Ascriptions
The Most High, ὕψιστος ⇒ Luke 1:32.
The Son
Greater Than
Angels ⇒ Gal 4:14 (placed above them in a graded list).
Adam ⇒ Rom 5:17 (His grace and righteousness leading to life is far superior to
Adam’s transgression leading to death).
Abraham the Patriarch ⇒ John 8:53 (who died).
Jacob the Patriarch ⇒ John 4:12 (who gave the Samaritans their well).
Moses ⇒ Heb 3:6 (who was only a servant, not the Son).
The Manna ⇒ [4x] John 6:32; 6:33; 6:50; 6:58.
King David ⇒ [5x] Ps 110:1; Matt 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42; Acts 2:34;
13:36-37 (for whom Psalm 16 was written, not for David).
King Solomon ⇒ Luke 11:31.
Jonah ⇒ Luke 11:32.
The Prophets ⇒ John 8:53 (who died).
John the Baptizer ⇒ [2x] John 5:36 (Jesus's testimony is greater than that of
John, who was the greatest prophet ever born); Acts 13:25.
one's own mother and father ⇒ [2x] Matt 10:37; Luke 14:26.
all humans ⇒ John 5:34 (does not accept or require human testimony).
Marked Ontology (Not INcluding "God")
John 5:18 ⇒ "He was calling God his Own Father, thus making himself equal
with God (ἴσον ἑαυτὸν ποιῶν τῷ θεῷ)."
John 8:53 ⇒ "Who do you make yourself out to be?"
(Answer: The Son of God, and the I AM of Exodus 3:14.)
John 10:33 ⇒ "You, a man, are making yourself out to be God (σὺ ἄνθρωπος ὢν
ποιεῖς σεαυτὸν θεόν)."
Marked Ascriptions
The Most High, ὕψιστος ⇒ Luke 1:76.
The Lord of All, ὁ κύριος πάντων ⇒ Rom 10:12.