John 10:33-36
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33 The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God.”(A) 34 [a]Jesus answered them,(B) “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’? 35 If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and scripture cannot be set aside, 36 can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated[b] and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?(C)
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- 10:34 This is a reference to the judges of Israel who, since they exercised the divine prerogative to judge (Dt 1:17), were called “gods”; cf. Ex 21:6, besides Ps 82:6, from which the quotation comes.
- 10:36 Consecrated: this may be a reference to the rededicated altar at the Hanukkah feast; see note on Jn 10:22.
Leviticus 24:16
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16 whoever utters the name of the Lord in a curse shall be put to death.(A) The whole community shall stone that person; alien and native-born alike must be put to death for uttering the Lord’s name in a curse.
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