The Jews answered him. — Comp for the thoughts of this verse Notes on John 10:30 and on John 5:18.
For a good work... but for blasphemy. — The word rendered “for” is not the causal “on account of,” which we have in the last verse, but “concerning,” the technical form for an indictment. For the Mosaic law concerning blasphemy, see Leviticus 24:10-16.