John 10:34-35 NIV

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 10:34

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:34

Is it not written in your law - The words which our Lord quotes are taken from Psalm 82:6 , which shows that, under the word law, our Lord comprised the Jewish sacred writings in general. See also John 12:34 ; John 15:25 . Ye are gods? - That is, judges, who are called אלהים elohim . That judges are here meant appears from Psalm 82:2 , etc., and also from what follows here. And this is probably the only place where the word אלהים is applied to any but the true God. See... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:35

Unto whom the word of God came - Bishop Pearce thinks that "the word λογος , here, is put for λογος κρισεως , the word or matter of judgment, as in 2 Chronicles 19:6 , where Jehoshaphat, setting up judges in the land of Judah, says: Take heed what ye do: judge not for men, but for the Lord, who is with you in judgment - λογοι της κρισεως , in the words or matters of judgment, - Sept., which is nearly according to the Hebrew to משפט בדבר bedebar mishpat , in the word or matter of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:34

Verse 34 34.Is it not written in your Law? He clears himself of the crime charged against him, not by denying that he is the Son of God, but by maintaining that he had justly said so. Yet he adapts his reply to the persons, instead of giving a full explanation of the fact; for he reckoned it enough for the present to expose their malice. In what sense he called himself the Son of God he does not explain fully, but states indirectly. The argument which he employs is not drawn from equals, but... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:35

Verse 35 35.To whom the word of God was addressed. For Christ means that they were authorized by an undoubted command of God. Hence we infer that empires did not spring up at random, nor by the mistakes of men, but that they were appointed by the will of God, because he wishes that political order should exist among men, and that we should be governed by usages and laws. For this reason Paul says, that all who resist the power are rebels against God, because there is no power but what is... read more

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