10:33
The religious leaders insist that the works have nothing to do with it, but they were angered at Him because He was claiming to be God. There are various theologians who argue that the divinity of Jesus was a later development, added by the church. This is utter nonsense. The words and actions clearly portray the divinity of Jesus, and the Jewish religious leaders were in doubt as to what the implications of Jesus’ teaching was.
10:34-36
Jesus is referencing Psalm 82:6. There are various interpretations of who Ps 82:6 is referring to, the best option seems to be that God is addressing Israel at the time of the giving of the Law. Whatever the case, the point that Jesus is making is that Scripture does refer to others as “gods”, so if Jesus is the one “consecrated” by the Father, and sent into the world, then it is all the more right that He should be referred to as God. So the accusation that He is blaspheming is without foundation in Scripture. In fact, Jesus would have been blaspheming if He had not claimed to be the Son of God.
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