‘Then after this he says to his disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.” The disciples say to him, “Rabbi, the Judaisers were but now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” '
Once His business was completed He informed His disciples that they would now go to Judea. His disciples were concerned (so they clearly had not expected Him to respond to His friends' plea in view of the danger, and probably thought that that was why He had not). ‘Rabbi, the Judaisers were recently determined to stone you, and are you going there again?' (see (John 10:31; John 10:39). They were not aware, as He was, that His times were in God's hands. But He knew it and was now determined to go ahead. There is, of course, always a time for God's people not to be foolhardy. But there are also times when it is necessary for them, when so guided directly by God, to be willing to face death. And He knew that His friend was in trouble.