John 10:34
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Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?
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Is it not written in your law--in Psa 82:6, respecting judges or magistrates. Ye are gods--being the official representatives and commissioned agents of God.
Open source ↗In this chapter we have, I. Christ's parabolical discourse concerning himself as the door of the sheepfold, and the shepherd of the sheep (v. 1-18). II. The various sentiments of people upon it (Joh 10:19-21). III. The dispute Christ had with the Jews in the temple at the feast of dedication (v. 22-39). IV. His departure into the country thereupon (Joh 10:40-42).
Open source ↗10:34-36 I say, you are gods! If the word god could be applied to people other than the Lord, then Jesus was not breaking the law by referring to himself in this way. Yet Jesus is not just any son of God; he is the Son of God who was sent . . . into the world.
Open source ↗Original language
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The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.
You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”