Text -- John 10:33 (NET)

10:33 The Jewish leaders replied, “We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Joh 10:33

¹ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here again the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders. See the notes on the phrase “Jewish people” in v. 19 and “Jewish leaders” in vv. 24, 31.

² tn Grk “answered him.”

³ tn Or “good work.”

⁴ sn This is the first time the official charge of blasphemy is voiced openly in the Fourth Gospel (although it was implicit in John 8:59).

⁵ tn Grk “and because.”

⁶ tn Grk “you, a man, make yourself to be God.”