Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

John 10:35

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

KJV

εἰ ἐκείνους εἶπεν θεούς, πρὸς οὓς ὁ λόγος ἐγένετο τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ οὐ δύναται λυθῆναι ἡ γραφή·

Greek NT

Si illos dixit deos, ad quos sermo Dei factus est, et non potest solvi Scriptura :

Vulgate

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

ASV

If he called them gods to whom the word of God was spoken; and the scripture cannot be broken:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
γραφή
graphe
noun · 50×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
λύω
luo
verb · 42×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Doctrines that cite this verse

Historic Christian voices

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§548The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him.269 To those who turn to him in faith, he grants what they ask.270 So miracles strengthen faith in the One who does his Father's works; they bear witness that he is the Son of God.271 But his miracles can also be occasions for "offence";272 they are not intended to satisfy people's curiosit…
39. Therefore He was not man, and then became God, but He was God, and then became man, and that to deify us. Since, if when He became man, only then He was called Son and God, but before He became man, God called the ancient people sons, and made Moses a god of Pharaoh (and Scripture says of many, 'God stands in the congregation of Gods '), it is plain that He is called Son an…
We affirm that the whole of Scripture and all its parts, down to the very words of the original, were given by divine inspiration. We deny that the inspiration of Scripture can rightly be affirmed of the whole without the parts, or of some parts but not the whole.
We affirm that Scripture in its entirety is inerrant, being free from all falsehood, fraud, or deceit. We deny that Biblical infallibility and inerrancy are limited to spiritual, religious, or redemptive themes, exclusive of assertions in the fields of history and science.
We affirm the unity and internal consistency of Scripture. We deny that alleged errors and discrepancies that have not yet been resolved vitiate the truth claims of the Bible.
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Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 15:12 — This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
  • 2Tim 3:16 — All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
  • Acts 1:16 — Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
  • Acts 2:24 — Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
  • Dan 9:13 — As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
  • Exod 7:1 — And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
  • Isa 34:16 — Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
  • Isa 40:8 — The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
  • Luke 16:17 — And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
  • Luke 19:34 — And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
  • Luke 22:37 — For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
  • Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
  • Matt 1:22 — Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
  • Matt 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
  • Matt 26:54 — But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
  • Ps 82:1 — God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
  • Rom 9:6 — Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
  • Rom 13:1 — Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.