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Selected Verse: John 10:39 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 10:39 |
Strong Concordance |
Therefore [3767] they sought [2212] again [3825] to take [4084] him [846]: but [2532] he escaped [1831] out of [1537] their [846] hand [5495], |
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King James |
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Sought again to take him - They evidently understood him as still claiming equality with God, and under this impression Jesus left them. Nor can it be doubted that he intended to leave them with this impression; and if so, then he is divine.
He escaped - See Joh 8:59. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
escaped
Or, went forth out of their hand.
See (Luk 4:30); (Joh 8:59). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Again
Pointing back to Joh 7:30, Joh 7:32, Joh 7:44, where the word πιάσαι, to seize, is found.
Escaped out of (ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ)
Rev., literally, went forth out of. The phrase occurs only here. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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. |
59 Then [3767] took they up [142] stones [3037] to [2443] cast [906] at [1909] him [846]: but [1161] Jesus [2424] hid himself [2928], and [2532] went [1831] out of [1537] the temple [2411], going [1330] through [1223] the midst [3319] of them [846], and [2532] so [3779] passed by [3855].
30 But [1161] he [846] passing [1330] through [1223] the midst [3319] of them [846] went his way [4198],
59 Then [3767] took they up [142] stones [3037] to [2443] cast [906] at [1909] him [846]: but [1161] Jesus [2424] hid himself [2928], and [2532] went [1831] out of [1537] the temple [2411], going [1330] through [1223] the midst [3319] of them [846], and [2532] so [3779] passed by [3855].
59 Then [3767] took they up [142] stones [3037] to [2443] cast [906] at [1909] him [846]: but [1161] Jesus [2424] hid himself [2928], and [2532] went [1831] out of [1537] the temple [2411], going [1330] through [1223] the midst [3319] of them [846], and [2532] so [3779] passed by [3855].
30 But [1161] he [846] passing [1330] through [1223] the midst [3319] of them [846] went his way [4198],
44 And [1161] some [5100] of [1537] them [846] would [2309] have taken [4084] him [846]; but [235] no man [3762] laid [1911] hands [5495] on [1909] him [846].
32 The Pharisees [5330] heard [191] that the people [3793] murmured [1111] such things [5023] concerning [4012] him [846]; and [2532] the Pharisees [5330] and [2532] the chief priests [749] sent [649] officers [5257] to [2443] take [4084] him [846].
30 Then [3767] they sought [2212] to take [4084] him [846]: but [2532] no man [3762] laid [1911] hands [5495] on [1909] him [846], because [3754] his [846] hour [5610] was [2064] not yet [3768] come [2064].