John 10:31

10:31 The Jewish leaders ¹  picked up rocks again to stone him to death.

John 10:33

10:33 The Jewish leaders ²  replied, ³  “We are not going to stone you for a good deed ⁴  but for blasphemy, ⁵  because ⁶  you, a man, are claiming to be God.” ⁷ 

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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.

² 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.

³ tn Grk “answered him.”

⁴ tn Or “good work.”

⁵ 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).

⁶ tn Grk “and because.”

⁷ tn Grk “you, a man, make yourself to be God.”