John 19:7

We have a law - In Leviticus 24:14-16 , we find that blasphemers of God were to be put to death; and the chief priests having charged Jesus with blasphemy, they therefore voted that he deserved to die. See Matthew 26:65 , Matthew 26:66 . They might refer also to the law against false prophets, Deuteronomy 18:20 .

The Son of God - It is certain that the Jews understood this in a very peculiar sense. When Christ called himself the Son of God, they understood it to imply positive equality to the Supreme Being: and, if they were wrong, our Lord never attempted to correct them.