Was Jesus the son of God or just a prophet? What did early Christians believe? What does the Bible say?
First, the Bible never says Jesus was a god. Instead, it refers to him as a prophet:
"Why do you call me good?" answered Jesus, "No one is good but God alone!" Mark 6:10
"Nevertheless I (Jesus) must walk to day, and to morrow, and the [day] following; for it cannot be that a prophet perish outside Jerusalem." Luke 13:33
"And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, 'A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country.'" Matthew 13:57, Mark 6:4, Luke 4:24, John 4:43.
"And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet." Matthew 14:5
"But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, for they took him for a prophet." Matthew 21:46
"And he said unto them, 'What things?' And they said unto him, 'Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a mighty prophet in deed and word before God and all the people.'" Luke 24:19
"The woman saith unto him, 'Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.'" John 4:19
See also John 6:14, John 7:40, Matthew 21:10-11, Luke 7:16, Acts 3:26, and Acts 3:13.
Second, most early Christian sects, like the Ebonites, the Corinthians, the Basilidians, the Capocrations, the Hypisistarians, the Arians, the Paulicians, and the Goths believed that Jesus was just a prophet. Islam teaches that Jesus was a prophet of God.
Remember) when Isa, son of Maryam, said, “O children of Isra’il, I am a messenger of Allah sent towards you, confirming the Torah that is (sent down) before me, and giving you the good news of a messenger who will come after me, whose name will be AHmad.” But when he came to them with manifest signs, they said, “This is a clear magic.”
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