JESUS’ TEACHING Other indications that Jesus’ self-understanding entailed the perception of his own deity are (1) the authoritative manner in which he expounded the Law of God to his contemporaries, (2) the manner in which he related himself to the Kingdom of God, and (3) his reference to two other Persons and his special employment at times of plural verbs. His Authoritative Exposition of the Law Jesus claimed to know the will and true intention of God which lay behind the Law (see his “I say to