Jn 10:31-42
To stone Jesus: The statements of Jesus alluding to his intimate association with God have angered the “Jews” to the extent that they are now actively trying to kill him (Jn 5:17-18; 8:58-59; v 31). He reminds them about the good works he has done and asks, “For which of these are you trying to stone me?” (v 32). But the Jews are objecting not to his works but to his words (v 33). This is the first time that the charge of blasphemy is mentioned in John although it is presupposed when the Jews try to stone Jesus after he tells them, “Before Abraham came to be, I AM” (8:58-59).
In the Synoptics, the charge of blasphemy is leveled against Jesus at his trial before the high priest after he says that they will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of God (Mt 26:64-65; Lk 22:69-71; Mk 14:62-63). While the gospels are in agreement that the charge of blasphemy involved more than Jesus’ claim to be the Messiah, John states here categorically that what constitutes blasphemy is his making himself God or equal to God.
For John, everything that Jesus is stems from the Father. He is not a man who makes himself God; he is the word of God who becomes man. It is the Father who consecrates him (v 36).