Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 131
? 124 and my Father are one," and as the term Father stood for God, it meant that he and God were one, the Jews concluded that he was claiming to be God. It is said that upon this "the Jews took up stones again to stone him" (i. e, the Messiah said to them that he was exhorting people to do good, and he asked if it was on that ground that they wanted to stone him; that he taught humility and forgiveness and he asked them if it was on that account that they would stone him; further, that he taught people love of God and His fear and asked them if it was for that they wanted to stone him, and that he served mankind and exhorted others to serve fellowmen and asked if that was why they wanted to stone him and again that he had done many of the deeds, God the Great had charged him to do and asked them to point out the offence which caused them to stone him). "For good work we stone thee not but for blasphemy;" (i. e, they did not want to stone him because of the spirit of public service and kindly treatment of the poor or because of his teachings of humility and forgiveness and mercy but because of this unorthodox utterance) “and because that thou being a man, maketh thyself God," (i. e, being a mere mortal he claimed to be God—it was therefore that they would stone him). "Jesus answered them, 'Is it not written in your law', 'I said; ye are gods," (i. e, does not the Bible say that God