John 10:41

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 10:39-42

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 with their attempts to stone him, therefore they contrived to seize him, and prosecute him as an... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 10:40-41

10:40-41 And he went away again to the other side of Jordan, to the place where John first used to baptize; and he stayed there. And many came to him, and they kept saying: "John did no sign; but everything John said about this man is true." And then many believed in him. For Jesus the time was running out; but he knew his hour. He would not recklessly court danger and throw his life away; nor would he in cowardice avoid danger to preserve his life. But he desired quietness before the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:41

And many resorted to him ,.... From all the parts adjacent, having heard of his being there, and of the fame of him; and many of them doubtless personally knew him; these came to him, some very likely to be healed by him, others to see his person and miracles, and others to hear him preach: and said, John did no miracle ; though it was now three years ago, yet the name, ministry, and baptism of John, were fresh in the memory of men in those parts; and what they say one to another, was... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:41

Verse 41 41.And many came to him. This large assembly shows that Christ did not seek solitude, in order to cease from the discharge of his duty, but to erect a sanctuary of God in the wilderness, when Jerusalem, which was his own abode and dwelling-place, (306) had obstinately driven him out. And indeed this was a dreadful vengeance of God, that, while the temple chosen by God was a den of robbers, (Jeremiah 7:11; Matthew 21:13,) the Church of God was collected in a despised place. John indeed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:22-42

6. The oneness of Christ with the Father . The discourse at the Feast of Dedication , with its results . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:40-42

(4) Beyond Jordan . The susceptibility of those who had been prepared for his Word by the early ministry of John . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:40-42

The brief sojourn in Person. Jesus left Jerusalem for the region beyond Jordan, where John at first baptized. I. HIS MINISTRY IN PERAEA . "He abode there." 1. His sojourn there would be a happy release for the time from Jewish hostility . 2. It would be agreeable to return to the scene of his first ministry . 3. His visit must have been a short time before the last Passover . And its incidents are fully recorded by the other evangelists. II. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:41-42

"The posthumous fruit of John's labors" (Bengel). Many came to him, and they said, one to another, rather than to the Lord, John indeed did no sign . It was not John's function to work miracles or startle the world with visible proofs of his Divine commission. John stood on the natural sphere, found a place in contemporaneous history, and exerted all his influence by the force of his prophetic word. But as a remarkable confirmation of the whole revelation enacted by the life and deeds of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 10:41

No miracle - He did not confirm his mission by working miracles, but he showed that he was a prophet by foretelling the character and success of Jesus. Either miracle or prophecy is conclusive proof of a divine mission, for no man can foretell a future event, or work a miracle, except by the special aid of God. It may be remarked that the people of that place were properly prepared by the ministry of John for the preaching of Jesus. The persecution of the Jews was the occasion of his going... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 10:40-42

John 10:40-42. And, presently departing from Jerusalem, he went again beyond Jordan Into Perea, a country for the most part desert and rocky; the place where John at first baptized Called Bethabara, John 1:28; and there he abode Probably till he came into Judea, to raise Lazarus from the dead, that being the next particular mentioned by this evangelist. If so, the time of his abode in these parts must have been considerable: and, as appears from what follows, was not spent there in... read more

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