Discovery BoxJohn 10:31-33 
Context10:31 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
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 Grk “Jesus answered them.”
3 tn Or “good works.”
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.
5 tn Grk “answered him.”
6 tn Or “good work.”
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).
8 tn Grk “and because.”
9 tn Grk “you, a man, make yourself to be God.”
