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John 10:33 KJV
John · chapter 10 · verse 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.John 10:33 · King James Version
John 10:33 in context
31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33The 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.
34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
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Key words (Strong's)
- blasphemyblasphēmiaslander, detraction, speech injurious, to another s good name, impious and reproachful…G988 →
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- thyselfseautouthyself, theeG4572 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- makestpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- stonelithazōto overwhelm or pelt with stones, of stoning, a Jewish mode of punishment, to pelt one…G3034 →
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We have here another rencounter between Christ and the Jews in the temple, in which it is hard to say which is more strange, the gracious words that came out of his mouth or the spiteful ones that came out of theirs. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-38