In Greek culture in the New Testament period, there were men who claimed to work miracles—wise men who were known as "divine men." There are scholars who in trying to prove a Hellenistic origin of the gospel compare Jesus Christ to these men. The title of Son of God is seen as from a Greek background. This paper compares Jesus with these Greek men

Philo of Alexandria was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in the first century A.D. Hagner is interested in the mysticism of Philo and his vision of God as material for comparison with the Gospel of John's doctrine of God.