John 10:33–42

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John 10:33–42

33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods” ’? 35 If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), 36 do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; 38 but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.” 39 Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand. 40 And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed. 41 Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.” 42 And many believed in Him there. The New King James Version

A quotation of Psalm 82:6, which refers either to the divine council or to human judges as God’s representatives administering justice on earth. In addition to subtle allusions to His divine nature, Jesus has explicitly identified Himself as the Son of God. The sonship language used throughout John’s Gospel emphasizes Jesus’ divine origin. It also links His role as Son of God with the power and privileges associated with the Davidic Messiah by drawing a subtle allusion to the royal coronation imagery in Psalm 2:7. Kingship and divine sonship were interrelated concepts in the ancient Near East. The king ruled as representative of the god and wielded the power and authority bestowed by the god. The threads of royal Davidic kingship, messianic fulfillment, and divine origin are explicitly brought together by the Apostle Paul and the writer of Hebrews. John’s presentation of Jesus as Messiah and Son of God blends the imagery to the point where belief in Jesus as Messiah cannot be separated from belief in His status as Son of God. Faithlife Study Bible

The Jewish antagonizers revealed the reason for their opposition to Jesus—He was claiming a unique unity with the Father, a unity that clearly indicated His own deity. The Jewish leaders considered this to be blasphemy. In the Old Testament, judges were called gods. They exercised godlike judicial sovereignty. Psalm 82:6, the verse quoted here, refers to judges who violate the Law. Jesus’ argument was that if the divine name had been applied by God to mere men, there could be neither blasphemy nor folly in its application to the incarnate Son of God Himself. Broken actually means “to loose, untie.” This is a strong statement of the inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures. Notice how Jesus made the veracity of His argument rest on the absolute trustworthiness of Scripture. Jesus asked the Jewish leaders to at least consider His miracles because these indicated and demonstrated His deity. Note that the heart of the issue is belief. John never deviates from this single condition for being born again. The word translated believe is used 99 times in this book. The NKJV Study Bible

Psalm 82:6 I said, “You are gods,And all of you are children of the Most High.

Matthew 9:3 And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, “This Man blasphemes!”

John 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

John 5:36 But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.

John 7:44 Now some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.