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John 10:33

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The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

The Jews {G2453} answered {G611} him {G846}, saying {G3004}, For {G4012} a good {G2570} work {G2041} we stone {G3034} thee {G4571} not {G3756}; but {G235} for {G4012} blasphemy {G988}; and {G2532} because {G3754} that thou {G4771}, being {G5607} a man {G444}, makest {G4160} thyself {G4572} God {G2316}.

The Judeans replied, “We are not stoning you for any good deed, but for blasphemy — because you, who are only a man, are making yourself out to be God .”

“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”

The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

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Cross-References

  • John 5:18 (8 votes)

    Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

  • Leviticus 24:16 (5 votes)

    And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, [and] all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name [of the LORD], shall be put to death.

  • John 10:30 (4 votes)

    I and [my] Father are one.

  • Romans 13:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

  • Philippians 2:6 (2 votes)

    Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

  • 1 Kings 21:10 (2 votes)

    And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And [then] carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

  • Psalms 82:6 (2 votes)

    ¶ I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.