John 10:34

John 10:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods” ’?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods” ’?

Context of John 10:34

32But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?” 33“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.” Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’? 35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken— 36then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?

John 10:34 word by word

Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· οὐκ ἔστιν γεγραμμένον ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ὑμῶν ὅτι ἐγὼ εἶπα· θεοί ἐστε;Read the interlinear

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• repliedἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Is itεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• notοὐou · noG3756
• writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• Lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• have saidεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• godsθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for John 10:34

• John 12:34The 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?”
• John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
• Romans 3:10As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
• Psalms 82:1God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
• Exodus 4:16He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
• Exodus 7:1The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
• Exodus 22:28You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
• Psalms 138:1I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.

Commentaries on John 10:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Is 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34-38Verses 34-38 Jesus answered them - The answer of Jesus consists of two parts. The first John 10:34-36 shows that they ought not to object to his use of the word God, even if he were no more than a man. The second John 10:37-38 repeats substantially what he had before said, left the same impression, and in proof of it he appealed to his works. John 10:34 In your law - Psalm 82:6. The word “law” here, is used to include the Old Testament. I said - The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-38Verses 31-38 Christ's works of power and mercy proclaim him to be over all, God blessed for evermore, that all may know and believe He is in the Father, and the Father in Him. Whom the Father sends, he sanctifies. The holy God will reward, and therefore will employ, none but such as he makes holy. The Father was in the Son, so that by Divine power he wrought his miracles; the Son was so in the Father, that he knew the whole of His mind. This we cannot by…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34-36‘I have said you are gods’: If the word gods could describe people other than the Lord, then Jesus was not breaking the law by referring to himself in this way. But Jesus is not just any son of God. Jesus is the Son of God who the Father sent into the world.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 34-3634-36. 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.Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings