John 10:33

“The Jews answered him, saying, etc.] As follows; for a good work we stone thee not: they could not deny, that he had done many good works; this was too barefaced to be contradicted; yet they cared not to own them; and though they industriously concealed their resentment at them, yet they were very much gravelled and made uneasy by them, but chose to give another reason for their stoning him: but for blasphemy; which required death by stoning, according to (<032416>Leviticus 24:16), and according to the Jews’ oral law f475: and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God; which they concluded very rightly, from his saying, (<431030>John 10:30), that God was his Father, and that he and…”

“for a blasphemy--whose legal punishment was stoning (Lev 24:11-16). thou, being a man--that is, a man only. makest thyself God--Twice before they understood Him to advance the same claim, and both times they prepared themselves to avenge what they took to be the insulted honor of God, as here, in the way directed by their law (Joh 5:18; Joh 8:59).”

“For blasphemy - See the notes at Matthew 9:3. Makest thyself God - See the notes at John 5:18. This shows how they understood what he had said. Makest thyself - Dost claim to be God, or thy language implies this. return to 'Top of Page'”

“but: Lev 24:14; Kg1 21:10 makest: Joh 10:30, Joh 5:18; Psa 82:6; Rom 13:1; Phi 2:6 John 10:34”