Jesus answered, 'Is it not written in your Law, "I have said you are gods"?' — Jesus responds with a quotation from Psalm 82:6, where human judges in Israel are called 'gods' (elohim) because they serve as God's representatives in administering justice. If human judges can be called gods in the biblical text, Jesus argues, why would it be blasphemous for Him (whom the Father has set apart and sent into the world) to claim this title? The argument is not that Jesus is merely another judge but that He uses Scripture to question the premises of the charge.

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