“The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
The Jews answered him, 'We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die, because he has claimed to be the Son of God.' — At last, the Jewish charge emerges clearly: blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16), Jesus' claim to be God's Son. The phrase "according to that law he ought to die" (kata ton nomon hēmin opheilan apothanein) invokes Torah's capital penalty for blasphemy. This charge, not political kingship, constitutes the true religious indictment. John reveals that the political prosecution masks theological rejection of Jesus' divine claims.
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