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Context to the rescue yet again!
Context to the rescue yet again!
And yet...just a chapter prior, John 9.35 - 38, Jesus declares that He is The Son, and He is immediately worshiped as God!
Context to the rescue yet again!
There are a number of items in the answer of Jesus, and I will underline each of these, and then underline his statement that he is the Son of God, and hence not God as they assessed and accused him of blasphemy.
John 10:30-36 (KJV): 30 I and my Father are one. 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
We could consider each of the above in detail, but have you considered why the Judges were called “gods” or “Elohim” in Psalm 82:6 and Exodus 21:6? What is the relevance of this in the answer of Jesus?
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Trevor
And yet...just a chapter prior, John 9.35 - 38, Jesus declares that He is The Son, and He is immediately worshiped as God!