The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy - whose legal punishment was stoning (Leviticus 24:11-16),
And because that thou, being a man - that is, a man only,
Makest thyself God. Twice before they understood him to advance the same claim, and both times, as we have seen, they prepared themselves to avenge what they took to be the insulted honour of God, as here, in the way directed by their law.