The other two times this occurs are right on the heels of claims to deity as well—first in John 5 where Jesus has just claimed equality with the Father both by calling God His own Father in very special terms as well as claiming the same right to work on the Sabbath as the Jews understood to be God’s in upholding the universe; secondly in John 10 after Jesus claims that He and the Father are one in their role of bringing salvation to God’s elect—His “sheep.” In both instances John spells it out clearly that these claims were understood to be claims to equality with God—can 8:58 then be
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