John 10 · Verse 30

John 10:30

I and my Father are one.
John 10:30, King James Version

John 10:30 in other translations

BSBI and the Father are one.”
WEBI and the Father are one.”
ASVI and the Father are one.
YLTI and the Father are one.'
DARBYI and the Father are one.
BBEI and my Father are one.
WebsterI and my Father are one.

What does John 10:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:27-30

27-30. My sheep hear my voice, &c.--(See on Joh 10:8).

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 30. I and my Father are one. The word translated "one" is not in the masculine, but in the neuter gender. It expresses union, but not the precise nature of the union. It may express any union, and the particular kind intended is to be inferred from the connection. In the previous verse he had said that he and his Father were united in the same object--that is, in redeeming and preserving his people. It was this that gave occasion for this remark. Many interpreters have understood this as referring to union of design and of plan. The words may bear this construction. In this way they were understood by Erasmus, Calvin, Bucer, and others. Most of the Christian fathers understood them, however, as referring to the oneness or unity of nature between the Father and the Son; and that this was the design of Christ appears probable from the following considerations:

1st. The question in debate was not about his being united with the Father in plan and counsel, but in power. He affirmed that he was able to rescue and keep his people from all enemies, or that he had power superior to men and devils--that is, that he had supreme power over all creation. He affirmed the same of his Father. In this, therefore, they were united. But this was an attribute only of God, and they thus understood him as claiming equality to God in regard to omnipotence.

2nd. The Jews understood him as affirming his equality with God, for they took up stones to punish him for blasphemy (Jn 10:31,33), and they said to him that they understood him as affirming that he was God, Jn 10:33.

3rd. Jesus did not deny that it was his intention to be so understood. Jn 10:34, also on Mt 10:35-37.

4th. He immediately made another declaration implying the same thing, leaving the same impression, and which they attempted to punish in the same manner, Jn 10:37-39. If Jesus had not intended so to be understood, it cannot be easily reconciled with moral honesty that he did not distinctly disavow that such was his intention. The Jews were well acquainted with their own language. They understood him in this manner, and he left this impression on their minds.

(e) "I and my father" Jn 17:11,22

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 I and my Father are one - If Jesus Christ were not God, could he have said these words without being guilty of blasphemy? It is worthy of remark that Christ does not say, I and My Father, which my our translation very improperly supplies, and which in this place would have conveyed a widely different meaning: for then it would imply that the human nature of Christ, of which alone, I conceive, God is ever said to be the Father in Scripture, was equal to the Most High: but he says, speaking then as God over all, I and The Father, εγω και ὁ πατηρ ἑν εσμεν - the Creator of all things, the Judge of all men, the Father of the spirits of all flesh - are One, One in nature, One in all the attributes of Godhead, and One in all the operations of those attributes: and so it is evident the Jews understood him. See Joh 17:11, Joh 17:22.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 10:22-30

All who have any thing to say to Christ, may find him in the temple. Christ would make us to believe; we make ourselves doubt. The Jews understood his meaning, but could not form his words into a full charge against him. He described the gracious disposition and happy state of his sheep; they heard and believed his word, followed him as his faithful disciples, and none of them should perish; for the Son and the…

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John 10:30 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473
καὶkaiandG2532
ὁhotheG3588
πατὴρpatērFatherG3962
ἕνhenoneG1520
ἐσμεν.¶esmenare.G1510

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 10:30

  • John 1:1-2

    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.

  • John 14:9

    Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

  • John 17:21-23

    That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

  • John 5:23

    That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

  • John 8:58

    Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

  • Matthew 11:27

    All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

  • Matthew 28:19

    Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

  • John 5:17

    But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

  • John 14:23

    Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

  • 1 John 5:20

    And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  • Titus 2:13

    Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

  • John 17:10

    And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1:1,2; 5:17,23; 8:58; 14:9,23; 16:15; 17:10,21; Mt 11:27; 28:19
1Ti 3:16; Tit 2:13; 1Jo 5:7,20

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Context

  • John 10:29

    My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

  • John 10:30

    I and my Father are one.

  • John 10:31

    Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

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John 10:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Yo y el Padre una cosa somos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Moi et le Père, nous sommes un.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich und der Vater sind eins.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ego et Pater unum sumus.