John 10:33-34 to Leviticus 24:16

NT Text: John 10:33-34

OT Source(s):

• Leviticus 24:16 (blasphemy = death)
• Psalms 82:6 (Asaph: "I said, 'You are "gods"'")

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): Contrast

Significance: Jesus argues: if Scripture calls human judges/leaders "gods" (ĕlōhîm—divine representatives administering justice), how much more appropriate for him whom Father consecrated and sent. Not abolishing monotheism but revealing union of divine and human. Affirms inviolability of Scripture (10:35: "Scripture cannot be broken"). "Your law" = ironic polemic (cf. 8:17).

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