The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
The Feast of Dedication commemorates Judas Maccabaeus's purification of the temple after Antiochus Epiphanes defiled it in 165 B.C., celebrated eight days from the twenty-fifth of Chisleu. That it was winter matters: it marks the setting and hints at the coldness of the Jews' hearts against Him.
AI summary
Commenting on John 10:22-42
for a blasphemy--whose legal punishment was stoning (Lev 24:11-16). thou, being a man--that is, a man only. makest thyself God--Twice before they understood Him to advance the same claim, and both times they prepared themselves to avenge what they took to be the insulted honor of God, as here, in the way directed by their law (Joh 5:18; Joh 8:59).
Verse 33. For blasphemy. . Makest thyself God. . This shows how they understood what he had said. Makest thyself. Dost claim to be God, or thy language implies this. (g) "and because"