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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 10:36

sanctified = set apart for a holy purpose. Compare John 17:19 . sent . App-174 . world . App-129 ., the Son of God . App-98 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 10:38

though = even if. Greek. kan = kai ean. App-118 . the works. These have a voice of their own. Compare Psalms 19:1-4 . believe . App-150 . that, &c. With this profound statement Compare John 14:10 , John 14:11 , John 14:20 ; John 17:11 , John 17:21 . See also Matthew 11:27 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 10:34

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the Scriptures cannot be broken), say ye of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest: because I said, I am the Son of God?This is the passage to which Jesus referred:God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods. How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? ... I said, Ye are gods, And... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 10:37

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.Having vanquished his foes with the argument from Psalms 82:6, Jesus at once returned to his constant theme of oneness and equality with God, although in such terms as to avoid the legal charge they wanted to make. Jesus' return again and again (as in John 10:32) to the subject of his mighty works was a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 10:34

John 10:34. Is it not written, &c.— The Jews divided the Old Testament in various manners; sometimes, as we have before observed, into the writings of Moses, the Psalms, and the prophets; and at other times only into the law and the prophets; comprehending by the prophets, only the writings of those who were properly so called; but under the law, not only the five books of Moses, but likewise the Psalms, Proverbs, and historical books. Our Lord alludes to this latter division; for the words... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 10:35-36

John 10:35-36. If he called them gods, &c.— "If in the scripture, the authority of which you all acknowledge, they to whom the commandment of ruling God's people was given, are called gods, and the sons of God, on account of their high office, and the inspiration of the Spirit which was bestowed on them but sparingly, can you with reason say of him whom God the Father sent into the world on the grand errand of saving the human race, and whom he hath set apart for that work by giving him the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 10:38

John 10:38. That ye may know, and believe— "That ye may know that I neither do, nor say any thing, but by my Father's authority; for the Father and I are so intimately and entirely united, that every thing I say and do, is in reality said and done by him, and he approves of it accordingly." See John 10:30. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 10:34

34-36. Is it not written in your law—in Psalms 82:6, respecting judges or magistrates. Ye are gods—being the official representatives and commissioned agents of God. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 10:35

35, 36. If he called them gods unto whom the word of God came . . . Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest—The whole force of this reasoning, which has been but in part seized by the commentators, lies in what is said of the two parties compared. The comparison of Himself with mere men, divinely commissioned, is intended to show (as NEANDER well expresses it) that the idea of a communication of the Divine Majesty to human nature was by no means... read more

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