My take on the ‘scandal’, which I’ve had for so long I forget what led me to it, is that it’s helpful to separate the doctrine from the role it has been given via christendom, i.e. “Christianity is true, other religions are not” (caricature).

I can see no hint in Jesus’ statement that he is making a statement of what we would call comparative religion. The scandal (i.e. the deliberately contentious nature of what he is saying) is aimed squarely at the people of God, at Israel and stands alongside the meaning of his prophecies to the temple.

I think Wright, somewhere, has this as part of his ‘critique from within’ in his discussion of Jesus’ identity and consciousness of mission.