Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

John 10:36

δν ὁ π. ἡγ. Of Him whom the Father sanctified: in emphatic opposition to ‘them unto whom the word of God came.’ Men on whom God’s word has conferred a fragment of delegated authority may be called ‘gods’ (Elohim) without scruple; He, whom the Father Himself sanctified and sent, may not be called Son of God (no article before ‘Son’) without blasphemy. By ‘sanctified’ is meant something analogous to the consecration of Jeremiah before his birth for the work of a Prophet (Jeremiah 1:5). Comp. Sir 45:4 (Moses), Sir 49:7 (Jeremiah); 1Ma 1:25 (the Chosen People). When the Son was sent into the world He was consecrated for the work of the Messiah, and endowed with the fulness of grace and truth (see on John 1:14), the fulness of power (John 3:35), the fulness of life (John 5:26). In virtue of this Divine sanctification He becomes ‘the Holy One of God’ (John 6:69; Luke 4:34). see on John 17:17; John 17:19, the only other passages in S. John’s writings where the word occurs.

ὑμεῖς λέγετε. Ὑμεῖς, with great emphasis; ‘Do ye, in opposition to the Scripture, dare to say?’

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John 10:36

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