I and my Father are one (ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν)
(John 10:30)
Commenting
on John 10:30 and its relationship to Latter-day Saint Christology, Thomas
Wayment wrote:
The Greek can also be translated as I and the Father are in one. The noun one is neuter in Greek, meaning that Jesus
was not declaring that they were the same person but of the same essence,
purpose, and mission. Some have argued that Latter-day Saints who hold the view
that Jesus and the Father are distinct beings who are united in purpose deny
the divinity of Jesus Christ. Jesus, however, is clearly presenting himself as the
shepherd of the Father’s floc and thus unified in the mission of the Father; he
is also the divine on of God. Compare 3 Nephi 20:35. (The New Testament: A Translation for Latter-day Saints: A Study Bible
[Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2018], 186)
With respect
to 3 Nephi 20:35, the verse reads thusly:
The Father hath made bare his holy arm in the
eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation
of the Father; and the Father and I are one.
