IV. The Opposition at the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem........................ 10:22-42
Joh 10:22
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.Joh 10:23
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.Joh 10:24
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.Joh 10:25
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.Joh 10:26
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.Joh 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:Joh 10:28
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.Joh 10:29
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.Joh 10:30
I and my Father are one.Joh 10:31
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.Joh 10:32
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?Joh 10:33
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.Joh 10:34
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?Joh 10:35
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;Joh 10:36
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?Joh 10:37
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.Joh 10:38
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.Joh 10:39
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,Joh 10:40
And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.Joh 10:41
And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.Joh 10:42
And many believed on him there.