59Then 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.
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His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
I and my Father are one. …
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, …
And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.
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. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 51-59)In these verses we have, I. The doctrine of the immortality of believers laid down, John 8:51. It is ushered in with the usual solemn preface, Verily, verily, I say unto you , which commands both attention and assent, and this is what he says, If a man keep my sayings, he shall never see death . Here we have, 1. The character of a believer: he is one that keeps the sayings of the Lord Jesus, ton l…
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