In the Book of John there was a situation where the Jews sought to stone Jesus for blasphemy. Many Christians have been lead to believe that Jesus was claiming divinity, or saying that he was God, and that this was the accusation at hand.
John 10:33 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.
Here is the simplicity of it: Jesus not once claim to be God. Jesus was claiming to be the Son of God which he confirms in verse 36. When Jesus claimed to be the Son of God, the Jews knew this to mean that he was claiming to be the Messiah-God's chosen one.
The context of what the Jews said, "makest thyself God", should be read in the context of the passage. Jesus was claiming a title of divine appointment. This verse should be read with a lower case "god". This works perfectly with the following verse where Jesus quotes psalms 82, "ye are gods". The Jews never assumed that he was calling himself God and this is clear through the Scriptures.
Jesus wasn't claiming divinity; He was claiming divine appointment.
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
