John 10:39

Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Therefore	οὖν oun	G3767	(adverbially) certainly · conjunction
sought	Ἐζήτουν Ezētoun	G2212	to seek (literally or figuratively) · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural
again	πάλιν palin	G3825	(adverbially) anew · adverb
take	πιάσαι· piasai	G4084	to squeeze · verb — aorist active infinitive
him	αὐτὸν auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine
but	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
escaped	ἐξῆλθεν exēlthen	G1831	to issue (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
of	ἐκ ek	G1537	literal or figurative · preposition
their	αὐτῶν autōn	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive plural masculine
hand	χειρὸς cheiros	G5495	the hand (literally or figuratively (power) · noun — genitive singular feminine

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Cross-references

John 7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
John 8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed b…
John 7:44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
Luke 4:29-30 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him do…
John 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 10:39–end

We have here the issue of the conference with the Jews. One would have thought it would have convinced and melted them, but their hearts were hardened. Here we are told, I. How they attacked him by force. Therefore they sought again to take him, Joh 10:39. Therefore, 1. Because he had fully answered their charge of blasphemy, and wiped off that imputation, so that they could not for shame go on with their attempts to stone him, therefore they contrived to seize him, and prosecute him as an offender against the state. When they were constrained to drop their attempt by a popular tumult, they would try what they could do under colour of a legal process. See Rev 12:13. Or, 2. Because he perseve…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:39

Therefore they sought again to take him--true to their original understanding of His words, for they saw perfectly well that He meant to "make Himself God" throughout all this dialogue. he escaped out of their hand--(See on Luk 4:30; Joh 8:59).

Adam Clarke on John 10:39

They sought again to take him - They could not reply to his arguments but by stones. The evidence of the truth could not be resisted; and they endeavored to destroy the person who spoke it. Truth may confound the obstinately wicked, but it does not convert them; and it is a just judgment of God, to leave those to perish in their gainsayings who obstinately continue to gainsay and disbelieve. But he escaped - In such a way as we know not, for the evangelist has not specified the manner of it.

John Gill on John 10:39

Therefore they sought again to take him,.... Not to take away his life by stoning him, as before, in the manner the furious zealots did, and was the part they were about to act just now; but to lay hold upon him and bring him before the sanhedrim, as they had done in John 5:18, he being so far from clearing himself from the charge of blasphemy, they had brought against him, that in their opinion he had greatly strengthened it; and they thought they had now sufficient proof and evidence to convict him as a blasphemer, in their high court of judicature; and therefore attempted to lay hands on him, and bring him thither: but he escaped out of their hands; either by withdrawing from them in som…

The Church Fathers

The Jews still persist in their madness; Therefore they sought again to take Him.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(Hom. lxi. 3) Christ, after discoursing on some high truth, commonly retires immediately, to give time to the fury of people to abate, during His absence. Thus He did now: He went away again beyond Jordan, into the place where John at first baptized. He went there that He might recall to people's minds, what had gone on there; John's preaching and testimony to Himself.
— John Chrysostom ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(Tract. xlviii. 11) To lay hold of Him, not by faith and the understanding, but with bloodthirsty violence. Do thou so lay hold of Him, that thou mayest have sure hold; they would fain have laid hold on Him, but they could not: for it follows, But He escaped out of their hand. They did lay hold of Him with the hand of faith. It was no great matter for the Word to rescue His flesh from the hands of flesh.
— Augustine of Hippo ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

John, Gospel of — The genuineness of this Gospel, i.e., the fact that the apostle John was its author, is beyond all reasonable doubt. In recent times, from about 1820, many attempts have been made to impugn its…
Bethabara · Jesus at — Jesus at
Persecution · OF JESUS — OF JESUS

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John 10:39

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 10:39–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:39

Adam Clarke on John 10:39

John Gill on John 10:39

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John 10:39

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 10:39–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:39

Adam Clarke on John 10:39

John Gill on John 10:39

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on John 10:37–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 10:38