31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
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.
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
He was CORRECTING them. They did not understand his words, hence they falsely accused him of claiming to be God.
All will be made plain soon enough, in a torched "Touchdown Jesus" kind of way.
"Elohim" also means judges. The irony is thick with this one.
Christ's argument here is a "how much more than" line of reasoning. If human magistrates are called "gods" who will perish, how much more is the Christ worthy of the title of God? It is self-evident, however, that Christ is God:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1)
הָיָה hâyâh, haw-yaw; a primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):—beacon, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.
And it's pronounced Hey Ya!