What Does the Bible Say About God and Jesus? - How the "Only-Begotten Son"?

THE Bible calls Jesus the "only-begotten Son" of God.  (John 1:14; 3:16, 18; 1 John 4:9)  Trinitarians say that since God is eternal, so the Son of God is eternal.  But how can a person be a son and at the same time be as old as his father?

Trinitarians claim that in the case of Jesus,  "only-begotten" is not the same as the dictionary definition of "begetting," which is "to procreate as the father." (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary)  They say that in Jesus' case it means "the sense of unoriginated relationship,"  a sort of only son relationship without the begetting.  (Vine's Expository of Old and New Testament Words) Does that sound logical to you? Can a man father a son without begetting him? 

Furthermore, why does the Bible use the very same Greek word for "only-begotten" (As Vine admits without any explanation) to describe the relationship of Isaac to Abraham?  Hebrews 11:17 speaks of Isaac as Abraham's "only-begotten son."  There can be no question  that in Isaac's case, he was the only-begotten son in the normal sense not equal in time or position to his father.

The basic Greek word for "only-begotten" used for Jesus and Isaac is mo-no-ge-nes', from mo-nos, meaning "only" and gi'no-mai,  a root meaning "to generate,:  "to become (come into being),"states Strong Exhaustive Concordance. Hence,  mo-no-ge-nes' is defined as: "Only born, only begotten, i.e. an only child." - A Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament by E. Robinson.

Next time: What Does the Bible Say About God and Jesus? - Conclusion of How the "Only-Begotten Son"? 

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