JOHN 10:36

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Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

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John 10:36 Translation & Meaning

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Say of λέγετε Properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean Say
ye ὑμεῖς You (as subjective of verb) ye
him, whom ὃν The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that him whom
the The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
Father πατὴρ A "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote) Father
hath sanctified, ἡγίασεν To make holy, i.e., (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate sanctified
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
sent ἀπέστειλεν Set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively sent
into εἰς To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases into
the τὸν The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
world, κόσμον Orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)) world
Thou blasphemest; Βλασφημεῖς To vilify; specially, to speak impiously blasphemest
because ὅτι Demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because because
I said, εἶπον To speak or say (by word or writing) said
I am εἰμι I exist (used only when emphatic) am
the Son Υἱὸς A "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship Son
of τοῦ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) of
God? θεοῦ A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) God

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  • 34  Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

  • 35  If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

  • 36  Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

  • 37  If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

  • 38  But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.




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