John 10:31-33

10:31 The Jewish leaders ¹  picked up rocks again to stone him to death. 10:32 Jesus said to them, ²  “I have shown you many good deeds ³  from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?” 10:33 The Jewish leaders ⁴  replied, ⁵  “We are not going to stone you for a good deed ⁶  but for blasphemy, ⁷  because ⁸  you, a man, are claiming to be God.” ⁹ 

[10:31]  ¹ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders. See the notes on the phrases “Jewish people” in v. 19 and “Jewish leaders” in v. 24.

[10:32]  ² tn Grk “Jesus answered them.”

[10:32]  ³ tn Or “good works.”

[10:33]  ⁴ 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.

[10:33]  ⁵ tn Grk “answered him.”

[10:33]  ⁶ tn Or “good work.”

[10:33]  ⁷ 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).

[10:33]  ⁸ tn Grk “and because.”

[10:33]  ⁹ tn Grk “you, a man, make yourself to be God.”