{Sought the more} (mallon ez(8874)oun). Imperfect active of
z(8874)e(935c), graphic picture of increased and untiring effort "to
kill him" (auton apokteinai, first aorist active, to kill him
off and be done with him). John repeats this clause "they sought
to kill him" in  7:1,19,25  8:37,40 . Their own blood was up on
this Sabbath issue and they bend every energy to put Jesus to
death. If this is a passover, this bitter anger, murderous wrath,
will go on and grow for two years. {Not only brake the Sabbath}
(ou monon elue to sabbaton). Imperfect active of lu(935c). He was
now a common and regular Sabbath-breaker. Lu(935c) means to loosen,
to set at naught. The papyri give examples of lu(935c) in this sense
like luein ta penth(885c) (to break the period of mourning). This
was the first grudge against Jesus, but his defence had made the
offence worse and had given them a far graver charge. {But also
called God his own Father} (alla kai patera idion elege ton
theon). "His own" (idion) in a sense not true of others. That
is precisely what Jesus meant by "My Father." See  Ro 8:32  for
ho idios huios, "his own Son." {Making himself equal with God}
(ison heauton poi(936e) t(9369) the(9369)). Isos is an old common
adjective (in papyri also) and means {equal}. In  Php 2:6  Paul
calls the Pre-incarnate Christ isa the(9369), "equal to God"
(plural isa, attributes of God). Bernard thinks that Jesus
would not claim to be isos the(9369) because in  Joh 14:28  he
says: "The Father is greater than I." And yet he says in  14:7 
that the one who sees him sees in him the Father. Certainly the
Jews understood Jesus to claim equality with the Father in nature
and privilege and power as also in  10:33  19:7 . Besides, if the
Jews misunderstood Jesus on this point, it was open and easy for
him to deny it and to clear up the misapprehension. This is
precisely what he does not do. On the contrary Jesus gives a
powerful apologetic in defence of his claim to equality with the
Father (verses  19-47 ).