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

32Jesus said to them, ‘I have done many good things. The Father sent me to do them, and I have shown them to you. Which of those good things make you want to kill me with stones?’ 33The Jewish leaders answered, ‘We do not want to kill you because of any good things that you have done. We want to kill you because you are speaking against God. You are only a man, but you are saying that you are God.’ Jesus answered them, ‘It is written in your own books of God's Law that God said, “You are gods.” 35God called the people to whom he spoke “gods”. And you know that the Bible always remains true. 36So, when I said that I am God's Son, why am I wrong? The Father chose me for himself. And he sent me into the world. So you should not say that I am speaking bad things against 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Is itεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• notοὐou · noG3756
• writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• godsθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for John 10:34

• John 12:34The crowd said, ‘The Bible tells us that the Messiah will continue for ever. So why do you say, “People must lift up the Son of Man”? Who is this Son of Man?’
• John 15:25Their book of God's Law says, “They hated me without any good reason.” What that book already said long ago had to happen.
• Romans 3:10This is written in the Bible: ‘There is nobody who is right with God. There is not even one person who is like that.
• Psalms 82:1God calls the powerful rulers to meet in heaven. He sits on his throne to judge them.
• Exodus 4:16Aaron will speak to the people on your behalf. He will be like your mouth, to speak your message. And you will be like God to him. You will tell him what to say.
• Exodus 7:1Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Look, I have made you like God to Pharaoh. Your brother Aaron will speak on your behalf, like your prophet.
• Exodus 22:28Never insult God. Never curse anyone who is a leader of your people.
• Psalms 138:1I will thank you, Lord, with my whole being. I will sing and praise you in front of the gods.

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