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 10:36 in other translations
| BSB | then 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? |
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| WEB | do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? |
| ASV | say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? |
| YLT | of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say--Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am? |
| DARBY | do ye say of him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am Son of God? |
| BBE | Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son? |
| Webster | 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? |
What does John 10:36 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
And sent into the world. As the Messiah, an office far more exalted than that of magistrates. I am the Son of God. This the Jews evidently understood as the same as saying that he was equal with God. This expression he had often applied to himself. The meaning of this place may be thus expressed:
"You charge me with blasphemy. The foundation of that
charge is the use of the name God, or the
Son of God, applied to myself; yet that same term
is applied in the Scriptures to magistrates. The use
of it there shows that it is right to apply it to
those who sustain important offices. And especially
you, Jews, ought not to attempt to found a charge
of blasphemy on the application of a word to the
Messiah which in your own Scriptures is applied to
all magistrates."
And we may remark here,
1st. That Jesus did not deny that he meant to apply the term to himself.
2nd. He did not deny that it was properly applied to him.
3rd. He did not deny that it implied that he was God. He affirmed only that they were inconsistent, and were not authorized to bring a charge of blasphemy for the application of the name to himself.
(h) "hath sanctified" Isa 11:2,3, 49:1,3, Jn 6:27
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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 10:36 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 10:36
- John 3:17
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
- John 5:17-18
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 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.
- Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
- John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- John 10:30-33
I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 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.
- John 20:28
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
- John 20:31
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
- John 3:34
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
- John 17:8
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
- John 19:7
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
- John 6:38
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
- Matthew 27:43
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:34; 6:27; Ps 2:2,6-12; Isa 11:2-5; 42:1,3; 49:1-3,6-8; 55:4
Isa 61:1-3; Jer 1:5
sent.
3:17; 5:30,36,37; 6:38,57; 8:42; 17:4,5,8,18,21; Ro 8:3; Ga 4:4
1Jo 4:9-14
I am.
30-33; 5:17,18; 9:35-37; 19:7; 20:28,31; Mt 26:63-66; 27:43,54
Lu 1:35; Ro 1:4; 9:5
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Context
- 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 10:37
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
John 10:36 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿A quien el Padre santificó y envió al mundo, vosotros decís: Tú blasfemas, porque dije: Hijo de Dios soy? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | dites-vous à celui que le Père a sanctifié, et qu’il a envoyé dans le monde: Tu blasphèmes, parce que j’ai dit: Je suis le Fils de Dieu? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | saget ihr von dem, welchen der Vater geheiligt und in die Welt gesandt hat: Du lästerst, weil ich sagte: Ich bin Gottes Sohn? - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quem Pater sanctificavit, et misit in mundum vos dicitis: Quia blasphemas, quia dixi: Filius Dei sum? |