He quotes Psalm 82 to expose the false accusation of blasphemy and to show the difference between people who only represented God\u2019s authority and Himself as the Son of God.<\/em><\/p>\n When the Jews heard Christ\u2019s words about His unity with the Father, they took them as a claim upon God\u2019s glory. It was in this tense conversation that Jesus said, \u201cIs it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?\u201d To understand this text correctly, we must look not at an isolated phrase but at the whole context of John 10 and at the source of the quotation\u2014Psalm 82.<\/p>\n \u201cJesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If He called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; do you say of Him, whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?\u201d John 10:34\u201336<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Jesus directly quotes Psalm 82. In this psalm, God addresses earthly judges or rulers who were supposed to carry out just judgment in His name, but had sided with wickedness. They are called \u201cgods\u201d not in the sense of true divinity, but in the sense of responsible representation.<\/p>\n \u201cI said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.\u201d Ps. 82:6\u20137<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The text itself immediately explains that these \u201cgods\u201d are not immortal or equal with God, because it says, \u201cyou shall die like men.\u201d Therefore, it refers to people who were entrusted with authority and judgment, but who remained mortal and accountable before the Lord.<\/p>\n In biblical language, high officials, judges, or leaders were sometimes called by elevated terms because of their function, not because of their nature. Judgment belongs to God, but people could carry it out as His servants. That is why such a figurative designation could be applied to them.<\/p>\n However, the Bible very clearly rejects the idea that a person is a god in himself. There is only one true God.<\/p>\n \u201cBefore Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me!\u201d Isa. 43:10<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cI am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me!\u201d Isa 45:5<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Therefore, John 10:34 cannot be used to support the idea that all people have a divine essence or can become gods. That would contradict the clear teaching of Holy Scripture.<\/p>\n Before these words, Christ said something extraordinarily important:<\/p>\n \"I and the Father are one!\" John 10:30<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Jews understood that this was not merely about agreement in thoughts or purposes. They saw in it a claim to a special unity with God.<\/p>\n \"The Jews answered Him, saying, For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a man, make Yourself God!\" John 10:33<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n In response, Jesus uses an argument \"from the lesser to the greater.\" If in Scripture the word \"gods\" could be used of people who had only received the word of God and had a certain ministry, how much more is it not blasphemy when the One whom the Father \"sanctified and sent into the world\" says, \"I am the Son of God.\"<\/p>\n In other words, Christ does not retreat from His testimony. He does not say, \"I am not the Son of God.\" On the contrary, He shows that the accusation of His opponents is illogical even on the basis of their own Scripture.<\/p>\n Those judges in Psalm 82 were only human beings. They received the word of God, but often betrayed their calling. Jesus, however, is not merely a bearer of God's word, but the incarnate Word.<\/p>\n \"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.\" John 1:1<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\nWhere did Jesus get the words \u201cyou are gods\u201d<\/h2>\n
Why people could be called that<\/h2>\n
What Jesus proves in the dispute with the Jews<\/h2>\n
How Jesus differs from those who were called \"gods\"<\/h2>\n