The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:36
If it be so, Say ye of him whom the Father sanctified (or, consecrated ), and sent into the world . The order of these words requires us to conceive of this consecration as occurring previously to the incarnation of the eternal Son. Before his birth into the world he entered into relations with the Father to undertake a work of indescribable importance. He was destined, or designated, or appointed, and then sent to do this sublime deed of redemption. Unlike those to whom the eternal... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:35
If he (the Holy Spirit, or the Holy Lawgiver, the subject is left indefinite) called them gods ( elohim ), to whom the Word of God came —the personal "Word" need not be excluded here; the "Word of God" was the Divine agency by which prophets spoke and psalmists sang— and the Scripture ( γραφή is singular, and has reference, not to all the γραφαί , but to this one word) cannot he broken ; loosed, destroyed. A fine testimony to the confidence which our Lord exercised in the... read more