The point is what follows ...John 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.The point is ... Jesus never denies this accusation.
10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
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.
Wouldn't you think that, as a Torah-observant Jewish rabbi, ... he would have been obligated to do so ?