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."
Then the Jews encircled Him and said to Him, "How long will You hold us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly."
I and the Father are one."
Jesus answered them, "Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?"
The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God."
Because of this the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but also He called God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
Let every soul submit to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God, and the authorities that exist are instituted by God.
who, existing in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,