“ Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, ”
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...
(11) Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, (11) Christ flees danger, not because of mistrust, nor for fear of death, nor that he would be lazy, but to gather a C...
The Feast of the Dedication. Mg., At that time suggests a closer connexion with what precedes than the old reading And. But in any case the notes of time are not precise. The Feast of the Dedicat...
take . arrest. See John 7:30 ; John 7:32 ; John 7:44 . escaped . went forth. Compare John 8:59 and Luke 4:30 .
39. Therefore they sought again to seize him. This was undoubtedly that they might drive him out of the temple, and immediately stone him; for their rage was not at all abated by the words o...
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, They sought again to take him - They could not reply to his arguments but by stones. The evidence of the truth could not be...
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, Therefore they sought again to take him - true to their original understanding of His words, because they saw perfec...
The Good Shepherd. The Feast of the Dedication 1-18. Allegories of the Fold and of the Good Shepherd. This chapter continues Christ's discourse to His Pharisaic disciples begun at John 9:39 . His...
Therefore they sought again to take him. — He has removed all ground for the charge of blasphemy, and they have abandoned the attempt to stone Him, though He here repeats the very truth which led t...
Chapter 22 JESUS, SON OF GOD. “And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch. The Jews therefore came round about Him,...
the Works of the Father John 10:31-42 In the strongest terms known to the Jews, our Lord insisted on His oneness with God; and they understood His claims, threatening Him with the penalty of bl...
Continuing, He gave a more detailed picture of that coming order. There was to be a fold, with a door. There was to be a flock, with a shepherd. Entrance to the fold would be by the door. The flock w...
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, sayin...
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...
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, Ver. 39. Therefore they sought again to take him ] They could not answer his arguments, they turn them therefore to a co...
If I do not the works of my Father , &c. When I claim the character of the Son of God , I do not expect to be credited merely on my own affirmation: if I do not such glorious works as could not...
THE SHEEPFOLD AND THE SHEPHERD (vs.1-18) Now the Lord speaks in parabolic form, again in verse 1 doubly pressing the truth of His words. One climbing the fence of the sheepfold (rather then enter...
Christ Retires beyond Jordan. 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, 40 And went away agai...
Therefore they sought again to take him; because he said, that the Father was in him, and he in the Father; by which they well enough understood, that he asserted a union with the Father. They did...
The Feast of Dedication ( John 10:22-42 ).
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 10:22-38 . Our Lord’s utterances at the feast of dedication on His oneness with the Father, etc. —This feast (τὰ ἐγκαίνια—the Encænia) was post-exilic in its...
escaped Or, went forth out of their hand. See ( Luke 4:30 ); ( John 8:59 ).
John 10:1 . He that entereth not by the door is a thief and a robber. After the scribes had formed a plot against the life of the good shepherd, he told them that they were not the children of Abr...
Then came the Jews round about Him The scene and circumstances Here in this bright colonnade, decked for the feast with glittering trophies, Jesus was walking up and down, quietly, and apparent...
EXPOSITION John 10:1-43 5. Christ the Shepherd of the flock of God . The discourse which now follows was the Lord's parabolic or allegoric reply to the conduct of the Pharisaic malign...
Therefore they sought again to take Him; but He escaped out of their hand,
John 10:31 ; John 7:30 ; John 7:44 ; John 8:59 ; Luke 4:29 ; Luke 4:30