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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 10:22-38

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. We have here the time when this conference was: It was at the feast of dedication, and it was winter, a feast that was annually observed by consent, in remembrance of the dedication of a new altar and the purging of the temple, by Judas Maccabaeus, after the temple had been... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 10:31-39

10:31-39 The Jews again lifted up stones to stone him. Jesus said to them: "I have showed you many lovely deeds, which came from my Father. For which of these deeds are you trying to stone me?" The Jews answered him: "It is not for any lovely deed that we propose to stone you; it is for insulting God, and because you, being a man, make yourself God." "Does it not stand written in your law," Jesus answered them, "'I said you are gods'? If he called those to whom the word came gods--and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:31

Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. As they had done before; see Gill on John 8:59 ; read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:32

Jesus answered them, many good works ,.... Such as healing the sick, and all manner of diseases; dispossessing devils, cleansing lepers, giving sight to the blind, causing the dumb to speak, the deaf to hear, and the lame to walk; which were not only works of power, but of mercy and beneficence; and therefore are called good works, as well as they were great and miraculous ones: have I showed you from my Father ; which Christ did in the name, and by the command and authority of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:33

The Jews answered him, saying ,.... 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 Leviticus 24:16 , and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:34

Jesus answered them, is it not written in your law ,.... In the law which was given unto them, of which they boasted, and pretended to understand, and interpret, even in Psalm 82:6 ; for the law includes not only the Pentateuch, but all the books of the Old Testament: it is an observation of one of the Jewish doctors F20 R. Azarias in Meor Enayim, c. 7. fol. 47. 1. , that "with the wise men of blessed memory, it is found in many places that the word law comprehends the Prophets and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:35

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came ,.... The Syriac version reads, "because the word of God came to them"; either the divine "Logos", the essential word, the Son of God, who appeared to Moses, and made him a God to Pharaoh, and who appointed rulers and magistrates among the Jews; and who is the King of kings, and Lord of lords, from whom all receive their power and dominion: this sense is favoured by the Ethiopic version, which renders it, "if he called them gods to whom... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:36

Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified ,.... Not by making his human nature pure and holy, and free from all sin, and by bestowing the holy Spirit on him without measure, though both true; but these were upon, or after his mission into the world; whereas sanctification here, designs something previous to that, and respects the eternal separation of him to his office, as Mediator, in the counsel, purposes, and decrees of God, and in the covenant of his grace, being pre-ordained... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:37

If I do not the works of my Father ,.... Not only what the Father had given him to finish, and which he wrought by him as man, but such as were as great as the Father had done, and were equal to them; and which could not be done by any, but by the Father, or by one that is equal with him: believe me not : Christ appeals to his miracles as proofs of his deity, sonship, and Messiahship, and desires no other credit than what they demand; see Matthew 11:3 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:38

But if I do ,.... Works, which none but God can do: though ye believe not me ; what Christ said in his doctrine and ministry, though they paid no regard to that, and did not receive his testimony, on the credit of him the testifier, as they ought to have done: believe the works ; not only that they are true and real, and not imaginary and delusory; but for the sake of them believe the above assertion, that Christ is the Son of God, he and his Father being one; or take such notice of... read more

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