The Jews retorted, "We mean to stone you, not for a good deed, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, make yourself God."
But this only made the Jews more eager to kill him, because he not merely broke the sabbath but actually spoke of God as his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.
I and my Father are one — ."
Though he was divine by nature, he did not set store upon equality with God
Every subject must obey the government-authorities, for no authority exists apart from God; the existing authorities have been constituted by God.
So the Jews gathered round him and asked, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
Jesus replied, "I have let you see many a good deed of God; for which of them do you mean to stone me?"
The Jews retorted, "But we have a Law, and by [our] Law he is bound to die, because he has made himself out to be God's Son."