Bible Strands
John 10:30
I and the Father are one.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the Jews gathered around Him, immediately after declaring that no one can snatch His sheep from the Father's hand (10:29). Their response is to pick up stones to kill Him (10:31).
The words — ἕν (hen) is neuter singular, not the masculine or feminine form. The neuter points to a shared essence or nature rather than mere agreement of purpose.
The thread — The same mutual identity runs through John 1:1 (the Word was God), 14:9 (seeing Me is seeing the Father), and 17:21 (the Father in the Son and the Son in the Father).
Why it lands — It is a direct claim about who Jesus is, and the text records that the immediate human response was to kill Him. A reader must decide whether to treat it as a claim to be weighed or a threat to be dismissed.
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The Greek words
King James Version
I and my Father are one.
Cross-references
- John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 14:9 Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
- John 17:21 that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- John 5:23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
- John 8:58 “Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
- Matthew 11:27 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
- Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
- John 5:17 But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
- John 14:23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
- 1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.