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 The Jews  then  took  up  stones  to  stone  Him. But He  said to them:  “Many  good  works  I have  shown  to  you  from  My  Father; for which  of  those  works  do  you  stone  Me?”  They  replied: “For a good  work  we  stone  Thee  not,  but  for  blasphemy ;  because that  Thou,  being  a man,  makest  Thyself  God.”

Jesus said  to  them:  “If  I do  not  the  works  of  My  Father , believe Me  not. But if  I do,  though  you  will  not  believe  Me, believe the  works,  that  you  may  know,  and  believe  that  the  Father is in  Me,  and  I in  the  Father.”  Hearing  this,  they  tried  to  seize Him, but  He  escaped  out  of  their  hands.

Our Lord's  Divinity  is  proved  in  several  ways  in  this  chapter. It is proved:  i.  by  His  own  distinct  testimony,  2. by His  miracles,  3. by the holiness  of  His  life.

1. ''Our  Lord's  own  testimony. ''

He called  God  His  Father:  therefore  He  is  the  Son  of  God.

He says:  “I  give  My  sheep  life  everlasting.”  God  alone  can  give everlasting life:  therefore  Jesus  is  God.