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Εἰ ἐκείνους εἶπε θεοὺς, πρὸς οὓς ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ οὐ δύναται λυθῆναι ἡ γραφή, (John 10:35)

If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken,

Divine Speech to Mortals

In John 10:35, Jesus appeals to a moment in Scripture where certain individuals were referred to as θεοὺς (“gods”). The structure begins with a first-class conditional clause: εἰ ἐκείνους εἶπε θεοὺς—“if He called them gods.” The referent of ἐκείνους is drawn from Psalm 82:6, where human judges or rulers are metaphorically called “gods” due to their function as representatives of divine justice.… Learn Koine Greek