Trinity

[Tonus]

Even more notable are the verses that follow.

31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, 32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?” 33 “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods” ’d ? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside— 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? 37 Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. 38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”

You wind up with a confusing mish-mash of claims, that can be produced out-of-context to "prove" pretty much anything about Jesus and god. The Jews accuse him of claiming to "be god." Jesus' reply seems to acknowledge that he is not claiming to be god, by pointing out that the word is also used to describe mere mortals, and clarifies his stance by re-interpreting his own statement to read "I am god's son." He ends with the cryptic statement that the father is "in him" (I can imagine that this part sends chills up the spine of many a Catholic priest) and he is in the father. Reading it gives the distinct impression that Jesus recognizes god as a separate individual, greater than himself.