Passage
The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself God.”
John 10:33 (LSB)
Nearby Context
John 10:31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.
John 10:32 Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?”
John 10:33 The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself God.”
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
John 10:35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "jews", "answered", "good", "stone", "blasphemy", "make", and "yourself". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jews" and "answered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 32's "Jesus answered them I showed you many..." into verse 34's "Jesus answered them Has it not been...", so "jews" and "answered" 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 "jews" and "answered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.