John 10:36
Of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world ( ον ο πατηρ ηγιασεν κα απεστειλεν εις τον κοσμον ). Another relative clause with the antecedent ( τουτον, it would be, object of λεγετε ) unexpressed. Every word counts heavily here in contrast with the mere judges of Ps 82:6.Thou blasphemest ( οτ βλασφημεις ). Recitative οτ again before direct quotation.
Because I said ( οτ ειπον ). Causal use of οτ and regular form ειπον (cf. ειπα in verse 34).
I am the Son of God ( υιος του θεου ειμ ). Direct quotation again after ειπον. This Jesus had implied long before as in 2:16 (my Father) and had said in 5:18-30 (the Father, the Son), in 9:35 in some MSS., and virtually in 10:30. They will make this charge against Jesus before Pilate (19:7). Jesus does not use the article here with υιος, perhaps (Westcott) fixing attention on the character of Son rather than on the person as in Heb 1:2. There is no answer to this question with its arguments.
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