Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him — the attempted stoning (lithazō) is the Jewish penalty for blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16), confirming that Jesus' hearers understood His claim 'I and the Father are one' as a claim to deity. This is the first of two stoning attempts in this chapter and represents escalating hostility as Jesus' claims become more explicit.

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