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John 10:39 KJV
John · chapter 10 · verse 39
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,John 10:39 · King James Version
John 10:39 in context
37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
39Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
40And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
41And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
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Key words (Strong's)
- escapedexerchomaito go or come forth of, with mention of the place out of which one goes, or the point…G1831 →
- soughtzēteōto seek in order to find, to seek a thing, to seek [in order to find out] by thinking…G2212 →
- takepiazōto lay hold of, to take, capture, of fishes, to apprehend, of a man, in order to imprison…G4084 →
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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, Joh 10:39. Therefore, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 39-42