Was Jesus human?
Jesus had a true physical body —As noted above, the confession that Jesus was Christ come “in the flesh” became the touchstone of orthodoxy. See 1 John 1:1; 1 Tim. 3:16; Luke 24:39, 43; Jn. 20:17, 20, 27. He hungered (Mt. 4:2), thirsted (Jn. 19:28), grew weary (Jn. 4:6), wept and cried aloud (Jn. 11:35; Lk. 19:41), sighed (Mk. 7:34), groaned (Mk. 8:12), glared angrily (Mk. 3:5), and felt annoyance (Mk. 10:14). Did Jesus ever get sick? When he hit his thumb with a hammer while working in his father’s carpenter shop, would he have been susceptible to getting an infection? Did Jesus ever get headaches from prolonged exposure to the hot Palestinian sun. Could Jesus have caught the flu from one of his family members? Could Jesus have suffered from a 24-hour stomach virus (nausea, vomiting, diahhrea) caused by drinking dirty water from the Jordan river? Jesus had a true immaterial soul —His soul was “overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death” (Mt. 26:38). It was to the divine purpose...