31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
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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 by.
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-38)We have here another rencounter between Christ and the Jews in the temple, in which it is hard to say which is more strange, the gracious words that came out of his mouth or the spiteful ones that came out of theirs. I. We have here the time when this conference was: It was at the feast of dedication, and it was winter , a feast that was annually observed by consent, in remembrance of the dedicati…
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