39Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
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Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
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.
And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. …
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 39-42)We have here the issue of the conference with the Jews. One would have thought it would have convinced and melted them, but their hearts were hardened. Here we are told, I. How they attacked him by force. Therefore they sought again to take him , John 10:39. Therefore, 1. Because he had fully answered their charge of blasphemy, and wiped off that imputation, so that they could not for shame go on…
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