"he most positively affirms that He is the Son of God."
And rightfully so and as confirmed by Jesus when he was accused of blasphemy for making out to be God and he countered this with, you say I blaspheme BECAUSE I said I am the Son of God.
So, there is no way that Jesus accepted their false claim, that he was God, just as he clearly confirms, in John 17:3, where he independently of himself, defines the Father as the Only true God, when he was here.
