John 10:39

John 10:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
• New International Version (NIV)Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.

Context of John 10:39

37If I am not doing my Father’s works, don’t believe me. 38But if I am doing them and you don’t believe me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand that the Father is in me and I in the Father.” Then they were trying again to seize him, but he escaped their grasp. 40So he departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there. 41Many came to him and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.”

John 10:39 word by word

Ἐζήτουν οὖν αὐτὸν πάλιν πιάσαι· καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶνRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• they soughtζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• to takeπιάζωpiazō · to arrest/catchG4084
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• butκαίkai · andG2532
• he escapedἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• handὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• handχείρcheir · handG5495

Cross-references for John 10:39

• John 10:31Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone him.
• John 7:30Then they tried to seize him. Yet no one laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come.
• John 8:59So they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple.
• Luke 4:29They got up, drove him out of town, and brought him to the edge of the hill that their town was built on, intending to hurl him over the cliff.

Commentaries on John 10:39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39They sought again to take him - They could not reply to his arguments but by stones. The evidence of the truth could not be resisted; and they endeavored to destroy the person who spoke it. Truth may confound the obstinately wicked, but it does not convert them; and it is a just judgment of God, to leave those to perish in their gainsayings who obstinately continue to gainsay and disbelieve. But he escaped - In such a way as we know not, for the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Sought 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 this impression; and if so, then he is divine. He escaped - See John 8:59.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-42Verses 39-42 No weapon formed against our Lord Jesus shall prosper. He escaped, not because he was afraid to suffer, but because his hour was not come. And He who knew how to deliver himself, knows how to deliver the godly our of their temptations, and to make a way for them to escape. Persecutors may drive Christ and his gospel our of their own city or country, but they cannot drive him or it out of the world. When we know Christ by faith in our hearts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-42In his final public statement in this Gospel, Jesus gave a clear and complete declaration about who he is (10:30). He spoke openly about his unity with the Father. This statement brought his public teaching to a high point and made his identity unmistakable.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 37-3937-39. though ye believe not me, believe the works--There was in Christ's words, independently of any miracles, a self-evidencing truth, majesty and grace, which those who had any spiritual susceptibility were unable to resist (Joh 7:46; 8:30). But, for those who wanted this, "the works" were a mighty help. When these failed, the case was desperate indeed. that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him--thus reiterating His claim to…Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings