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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
When they said, "For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou being a man makest thyself God"; hear His answer; "If the Scripture called them gods unto whom the word of God came, how say ye that I blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God?" What He saith is of this kind: "If those who have received this honor by grace, are not found fault with for calling themselves gods, how can He who hath this by nature deserve to be rebuked?" Yet He spake not so, but proved it at a later time, having first …
Cyril of Alexandria
For a good work we stone Thee not, but for blasphemy. Having a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge, they became angry when they heard Christ saying: I and the Father are One. For what was the impediment to His being One with the Father, if they believed that He was God by Nature? …
Theophylact of Ohrid
They answer: "We want to stone You for blasphemy, because You make Yourself God." He does not deny this, does not say, I do not make Myself God, I am not equal to the Father, but even further confirms their opinion. And that He is God, He proves this by what is written in the law.
Western Saints
Hilary of Poitiers
The Jew saith, Thou being a man, the Arian, Thou being a creature: but both say, Thou makest Thyself God. The Arian supposes a God of a new and different substance, a God of another kind, or not a God at all. He saith, Thou art not Son by birth, Thou art not God of truth; Thou art a superior creature.
Thomas Aquinas
Now our Lord defends himself from the charge of blasphemy. First, we see him accused of blasphemy by the Jews; and secondly, Christ proves his innocence (v 34). With respect to the first, the Evangelist says, The Jews answered him, We stone you for no good work but for blasphemy. There are five things to be considered here. First, what seems to be the motive for their stoning him, namely, his blasphemy. …
Bonaventure
"The Jews answered him: We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy," because, Leviticus twenty-four: "he who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely die." And they show in what he blasphemes: "And because you, being a man, make yourself God": and thus a man, making himself God, blasphemes, because he says there are many gods. And this is against the Law of the Jews, in which it was commanded to believe and confess one God alone. Concerning a similar matter, Matthew twenty-six: "You have heard the blasphemy! …
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