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|And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
|And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
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|During the winter, in Jerusalem, at the time of the festival of the Dedication,
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|The "Festival of the Dedication" is called Chanukah (or Hanukkah) today, which means the following encounter took place roughly in December sometime between the middle to the end of the month, or around the time we celebrate Christmas today.
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|And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
|And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
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|Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon's porch,
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|Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
|Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
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|when He was surrounded by the Jews, who said to Him, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, then stop beating around the bush and just tell us openly and boldly."
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|The word used here implies that the Jews felt Jesus was constantly being evasive about whether or not He was the Christ, and they were tired of the word games. However, as this and many other conversations reveal, what they were really tired of was not having enough evidence to accuse Jesus of blasphemy. They weren't interested in following Him if He openly claimed to be the Messiah, they just wanted to be able to use His own words against Him in a trial.
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|Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
|Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
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|Jesus answered, "I already told you, and are refusing to believe: the works that I do in my Father's name are testifying about me.
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|Jesus says the answer is easy: Figure out who is the source of the miracles Jesus does, and that will answer all your questions. If God is the source of His miracles, then God is also the source of His words.
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|But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
|But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
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|But you are refusing to believe because, as I have already said to you, you are not my sheep.
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|The phrase, "as I said to you" is found in P66, Alexandrinus, and Bezae Cantabrigiensis, but not found in P75, Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, or Ephraemi Rescriptus. That is pretty evenly split, so the evidence is mixed, and uncertain. I have included it because, even though UBS-4 excludes it, in situation where the witnesses are so mixed, I believe it is better to err on the side of inclusion, rather than exclusion. Besides, Jesus '''had''' already said this to them, meaning the statement is true, so including it does not detract from the text.
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|My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
|My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
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|My sheep hear my voice, I know them, they follow me,
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|And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
|And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
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|and I give them everlasting life. They shall never, ever be destroyed, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
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|The phrase "they shall never, ever be destroyed" is the strongest, most emphatic negation possible in Greek: the double negative followed by "forever": They absolutely shall not be destroyed (perish, die) forever.
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|My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
|My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
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|My Father, who is greater than everyone and everything, has given them to me, and no one has the ability to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
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|This is a continuation of the previous guarantee: Once we believe in Jesus, no outside force of any kind, whether human or demonic, can ever, by any means, forcefully snatch us away from God because nothing and on one is stronger than He.
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|I and my Father are one.
|I and my Father are one.
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|The Father and I are one."
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|This statement is considered blasphemous by Jews. No human can be one with God, because that would make us equal with God.
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|Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
|Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
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|Once again, the Jews picked up stones so that they could stone Him.
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|This was not the first time they had done this, and this shows what their motivations were from the very beginning. Their question about Jesus' identity as the Messiah was for no other reason than so they would have an excuse to kill Him.
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|Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
|Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
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|Jesus responded, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these works do you stone me?"
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|Remember, Jesus made the claim earlier that it was His miracles which proved His claims were true. Thus, if they had a problem with what He said, they must also have a problem with what He did: that is, they must believe His miracles were not from God. So His question is: Which of my miracles was not from God?
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|The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
|The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
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|The Jews answered, "We are not stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, although you are only a man, are making yourself God."
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|Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
|Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
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|Jesus responded, "It is written in your law, 'I said you are gods,' isn't it?"
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|Rhetorical question implying a "yes" answer.
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|If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
|If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
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|The scriptures cannot be broken into pieces, so if He called them gods, to whom the Word of God came,
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|When Jesus says that "the scriptures cannot be broken into pieces (destroyed)," He is not making an absolute statement that that the scriptures can never be wrong. This is an idiom meaning "to smash it up into pieces and only keep the pieces you like, discarding all the pieces you don't like." In other words, the scriptures are a whole, and should be accepted or rejected as a whole. Either accept that ALL of the scriptures are the Word of God, or reject ALL of the scriptures. Do NOT pick and choose what you do or do not want to believe simply because you don't LIKE what some of it says.
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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?
|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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|then how can 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?'
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|If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
|If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
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|If I do not do the works of my Father, then don't believe in me.
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|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.
|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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|But if I do them, even though you do not believe in me, believe in the works, so that you can know, and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father."
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|Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
|Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
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|Undeterred, they again tried to grab Him, but He slipped through their grasp,
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|And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
|And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
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|and once again He went across the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He stayed there.
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|And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
|And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
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|Many people came to Him, and they said, "Even though John did not do any miracles, everything John said about this man is true."
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|And many believed on him there.
|And many believed on him there.
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|And many in that place believed in Him.
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