When questions about his role and commission arose, Jesus boldly replied: “I have the witness greater than that of John [the Baptizer], for the very works that my Father assigned me to accomplish, the works themselves that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father dispatched me. ” ​ — John 5: 36.
येशूने आपण मशीहा असल्याचा केवळ दावाच केला नाही; तर त्याच्या शब्दांच्या व इतर कृत्यांच्या व्यतिरिक्‍त त्याच्या चमत्कारांतून दिसणाऱ्‍या देवाच्या शक्‍तीद्वारे तो मशीहा असल्याचा स्पष्ट पुरावा देण्यात आला.