John Chapter 10 verse 35 Holy Bible
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
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If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),
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If he called *them* gods to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
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If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
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If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can't be broken),
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if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 35. - If he (the Holy Spirit, or the Holy Lawgiver, the subject is left indefinite) called them gods (elohim), to whom the Word of God came - the personal "Word" need not be excluded here; the "Word of God" was the Divine agency by which prophets spoke and psalmists sang - and the Scripture (γραφή is singular, and has reference, not to all the γραφαί, but to this one word) cannot he broken; loosed, destroyed. A fine testimony to the confidence which our Lord exercised in the Holy Scripture. He was accustomed to educe principles of life from its inward structure, from its concealed framework, from its underlying verities. The very method adopted by Jesus on this occasion revealed the fact that both he and his biographer were born Jews. These tyrannical judges were "to die like men," yet, since "the Word of God came to them," there was a sense in which even they, without blasphemous assumptions, might receive the title of elohim.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(35) If he called them gods.--The argument is another example of Hillel's famous First Canon of Interpretation--that the greater may be inferred from the less. The pronoun "he" (He) refers probably to God (see Note on John 10:34), or the rendering may be "it," as referring to "law"--i.e., the Psalm.Unto whom the word of God came--i.e., the word declaring "Ye are gods," and pointing back to the time indicated by "I said," when each one was set apart to be a representative of God, and in that he had His authority to bear also His name.The scripture cannot be broken.--More literally, cannot be loosened. Comp. Notes on Matthew 5:18-19, and for the word rendered "broken" see also in this Gospel John 5:18; John 7:23.
