John 10:36 (DBY)

Passage

do ye say of him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am Son of God?

Nearby Context

John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

John 10:35 If he called *them* gods to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

John 10:36 do ye say of him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am Son of God?

John 10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;

John 10:38 but if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye may know [and believe] that the Father is in me and I in him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "father", "sanctified", "sent", "thou", "blasphemest", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "father", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "If he called them gods to whom..." into verse 37's "If I do not the works of...", so "world" and "father" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "world" and "father" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.