I call your attention to Jesus’ words in John 10:35-36: “If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?”
First, it is always important to study the context. In John 10, Jesus is in the process of avoiding being stoned by the Jews for blasphemy (vs 31). He points to His miraculous works as evidence that what He is claiming is true (vs 32). But, they don’t want to stone Him for His good works but for claiming to be the Son of God (vs 33), refusing to see that there was an inseparable connection between the two.
So, in verse 34, Jesus points out that in their law (Please observe Jesus uses the designation “law” but quotes from Psalms!), that is, in Psalm 82:6, the word “gods” (elohim in Hebrew) is actually used to refer to representatives of God, that is, human rulers. Those human rulers were judging unjustly and showing partiality to the wicked (82:2). Asaph, the psalmist, calls on these “gods” to act righteously, particularly to the weak and fatherless, the afflicted and destitute (vs 3), the weak and needly (vs 4). Why? Because they were representatives of God, “sons of the Most High,” using a very strong figure of speech: “gods.”
Having examined the context, then, we draw your thoughts to that parenthetical expression: “and the Scripture cannot be broken.” In that brief statement, we see a profound insight into Scripture, even Old Testament Scripture, in the heart and mind of Jesus Christ. In the words of DeYoung: “For Jesus, anything from Scripture, down to the individual words and the least-heralded passages, possessed unquestioned authority” (Taking God at His Word, 98).
Jesus presents essentially the same thought in the sermon on the mount: “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 5:17-19).
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The “smallest letter” of the Greek alphabet was the iota. Sometimes, it was even written as a subscript underneath other vowels and could be easily overlooked. The “stroke” was a small brush stroke at the top of some Hebrew letters that distinguished them from others. What Jesus is here affirming is the inspiration of the tiniest part of the Law as well as its indestructibility. If the word comes from the mouth of God, it will find its fulfillment (see Isa 55:10-11).
We close with another thought from DeYoung’s book: “Clearly, Jesus doesn’t want us to keep the little commandments in Scripture and miss the big stuff, but neither does he allow us to overlook the smallest parts so long as we get the big picture right. He expects obedience to the spirit of the law and to the letter” (102, emph. mine).
Unfortunately, many people will be dismayed on the day of judgment to learn that the Scripture cannot be broken. What we are judged by on the day of judgment will be the words of Christ we have in our hands.
–Paul Holland
