“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
Parallel translations
- WEB The disciples told him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?”
- KJV His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
- NKJV The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?”
- NASB The disciples *said to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and yet You are going there again?”
- NLT But his disciples objected. “Rabbi,” they said, “only a few days ago the people in Judea were trying to stone you. Are you going there again?”
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The disciples remind Jesus that the Jews had just tried to stone Him and question His return. They fear for His life and theirs.
Overview
Their objection reflects real danger and understandable concern. Yet it also shows they did not grasp the necessity of His mission. Jesus' reply will redirect them from fear to trust in God's appointed time.
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- John 8:59At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
- John 10:31At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
- Acts 21:12–13When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
- Matt 16:21–23From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
- John 10:39At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
- Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- Ps 11:1–3For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
- Matt 23:7the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
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