At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.
- KJV Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
- NKJV Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.
- NASB The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.
- NLT Once again the people picked up stones to kill him.
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The Jews again take up stones to kill Jesus. They regard His words as blasphemy deserving death.
Overview
Stoning was the prescribed penalty for blasphemy under the law. Their reaction confirms that they understood Jesus to be claiming equality with God. Their violent response shows hardened unbelief rather than honest inquiry.
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Cross-references · 9
- John 5:18Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
- John 8:59At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
- 1 Sam 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
- Exod 17:4Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
- John 11:8“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
- Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
- Matt 21:35But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
- Acts 7:58–59They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
- Matt 23:35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
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