John 10:35
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
John 10:35 in other translations
| BSB | If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken— |
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| WEB | If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken), |
| ASV | If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken), |
| YLT | if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,) |
| DARBY | If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken), |
| BBE | If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken), |
| Webster | If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; |
What does John 10:35 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:34-36
34-36. 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.
Barnes' Notes
The scripture cannot be broken. See Mt 5:19. The authority of the Scripture is final; it cannot be set aside. The meaning is,
"If, therefore, the Scripture uses the word god as
applied to magistrates, it settles the question that
it is right to apply the term to those in office and
authority. If applied to them, it may be to others in
similar offices. It can not, therefore, be blasphemy
to use this word as applicable to a personage so much
more exalted than mere magistrates as the Messiah."
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 10:31-38
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…
John 10:35 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 10:35
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
- Romans 13:1
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.
- Luke 16:17
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
- Luke 24:44-46
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
- Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
- John 19:36-37
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
- Matthew 26:53-56
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
- Acts 1:16
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
- 1 Samuel 14:36-37
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
- Matthew 5:18
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- Deuteronomy 18:15
The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
- 2 Samuel 7:5
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
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Context
- John 10:34
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
- John 10:35
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
- John 10:36
Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
John 10:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si dijo, dioses, á aquellos á los cuales fué hecha palabra de Dios (y la Escritura no puede ser quebrantada); |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | S’il appelle dieux ceux à qui la parole de Dieu est venue (et l’écriture ne peut être anéantie), |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn er jene Götter nannte, zu welchen das Wort Gottes geschah, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si illos dixit deos, ad quos sermo Dei factus est, et non potest solvi Scriptura: |