34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, (A)‘I said, “You are gods” ’? 35 If He called them gods, (B)to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture (C)cannot be broken),

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34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods [human judges representing God, not divine beings]’?(A) 35 If He [a]called them gods, men to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be undone or annulled or broken),

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Footnotes

  1. John 10:35 This statement in Ps 82:6 is addressed to the ruling judges of Israel, who were supposed to serve as God’s representatives on earth. Jesus’ argument (v 36) is that since He is in fact proving Himself to be the Father’s representative on earth, He is entitled to be recognized as the Son of God.

34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law,(A) ‘I have said you are “gods”’[a]?(B) 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God(C) came—and Scripture cannot be set aside(D)

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Footnotes

  1. John 10:34 Psalm 82:6

34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

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I said, (A)“You are [a]gods,
And all of you are children of the Most High.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:6 Judges; Heb. elohim, lit. mighty ones or gods


I said, “You are [a]gods;
Indeed, all of you are sons of the Most High.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:6 Most of the ancient rabbis understood the idea of “gods” referring to judges, but some applied vv 6, 7 to the Israelites at Sinai and maintained that they would have become immortal as a result of accepting the Law, if only they had not committed the sin of the golden calf.

“I said, ‘You are “gods”;(A)
    you are all sons of the Most High.’

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I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

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