John 10:39-40 NIV

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 10:31-39

10:31-39 The Jews again lifted up stones to stone him. Jesus said to them: "I have showed you many lovely deeds, which came from my Father. For which of these deeds are you trying to stone me?" The Jews answered him: "It is not for any lovely deed that we propose to stone you; it is for insulting God, and because you, being a man, make yourself God." "Does it not stand written in your law," Jesus answered them, "'I said you are gods'? If he called those to whom the word came gods--and the... 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 10:39

Therefore they sought again to take him ,.... Not to take away his life by stoning him, as before, in the manner the furious zealots did, and was the part they were about to act just now; but to lay hold upon him and bring him before the sanhedrim, as they had done in John 5:18 , he being so far from clearing himself from the charge of blasphemy, they had brought against him, that in their opinion he had greatly strengthened it; and they thought they had now sufficient proof and evidence... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:40

And went away again beyond Jordan ,.... Where he had been before; and whither he went; not merely for the security of his person, much less to indulge himself in ease, but to preach the Gospel, work miracles, and bring many souls to believe on him, as did: and he went into the place where John at first baptized ; that is, Bethabara, where he baptized before he was at Aenon, near Salim, John 1:28 , and was the place where Christ himself was baptized, and where John bore such a testimony... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:39

They 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 evangelist has not specified the manner of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:40

Beyond Jordan - Rather, to the side of Jordan, not beyond it. See the note on John 6:22 , and Matthew 19:1 . Where John at first baptized - That is, at Bethabara: see John 1:28 . Afterwards, John baptized at Aenon: John 3:23 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:39

Verse 39 39.Therefore they sought again to seize him. This was undoubtedly that they might drive him out of the temple, and immediately stone him; for their rage was not at all abated by the words of Christ. As to what the Evangelist says, that he escaped out of their hands, this could not be accomplished in any other way than by a wonderful exertion of Divine power. This reminds us that we are not exposed to the lawless passions of wicked men, which God restrains by his bridle, whenever he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:40

Verse 40 40.He went away beyond Jordan. Christ passed beyond Jordan, that he might not have to fight continually without any advantage. He has therefore taught us, by his example, that we ought to avail ourselves of opportunities, when they occur. As to the place of his retreat, the reader may consult the observations which I have made at Chapter 1, verse 28. (305) read more

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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