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do youὑμεῖςsayλέγετεof the one whomὃνthe Fatherὁ πατὴρsanctifiedἡγίασενandκαὶsentἀπέστειλενintoεἰςthe world,τὸν κόσμον‘You are blaspheming,’ΒλασφημεῖςbecauseὅτιI said,εἶπον‘I amεἰμιthe SonΥἱὸςof God’?τοῦ θεοῦ
John 10:36
Study it in the app“do you say of the one whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?”
He says he and the Father are one; his hearers accuse him of making himself GodWho Jesus Is
With the Greek beneath
John 10:36, word by word
- sayλέγετεlegete
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legete” appears- the Fatherπατὴρpatēr
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patēr” appears- sanctifiedἡγίασενhēgiasen
set apart
To set something or someone apart for God.
Where else “hēgiasen” appears- sentἀπέστειλενapesteilen
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “apesteilen” appears- the worldκόσμονkosmon
creation
Everything God made.
Where else “kosmon” appears- ‘You are blaspheming,’ΒλασφημεῖςBlasphēmeis
blaspheme
To speak with contempt against God or what is holy.
Where else “Blasphēmeis” appears- ‘I amεἰμιeimi
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eimi” appears- the SonΥἱὸςHuios
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “Huios” appears- of God’θεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
The context
35If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
36 · This verse (above)
37If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me;
To study John 10 in a group
1. What it says
Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd.” What does the good shepherd do for the sheep, and how is he different from the hired hand? (vv. 11-15)
2. What it means
Jesus says the sheep hear his voice and he knows them (vv. 3-4, 27). What kind of relationship does that show between him and those who follow him?
3. How I live it
Jesus says he came so that they may have life in abundance (v. 10). In what part of your life do you need to hear his voice today?