John Chapter 10 verse 31 Holy Bible
The Jews took up stones again to stone him.
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Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.
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The Jews therefore again took stones that they might stone him.
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Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
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Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.
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Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 31-39. - (3) Resented and challenged, but vindicated by word and sign. Verse 31. - That the Jews supposed him to speak of an essential unity is obvious from what follows. The Jews (then) took up - should rather be carried or bore in their hands - stones again, huge pieces of marble lying around in the public works then proceeding. There is an increase of malice over and above what was involved in simply lifting stones from the pavement (cf. John 8:59), and the alteration of the word is another hint of the eye-witness. The word "again" reminds the reader that this was a second and more desperate attack upon the life of Jesus.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(31) Then the Jews took up stones again.--Better, The Jews therefore . . . Their action follows as an effect caused by His words. The word "again" reminds us that they had done this two months before, at the Feast of Tabernacles (8:59). The words for "took up" are not the same. There the sense is, "they lifted up stones," and we are told that Jesus hid Himself; here the meaning is, "they carried stones," there being none in the cloister where they were. During this process their first burst of anger expended itself, and our Lord further disarms it with a question.
