John 10:39
New International Version
Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.

New Living Translation
Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them.

English Standard Version
Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

Berean Standard Bible
At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore they were seeking to seize Him again, but He went forth out of their hand.

King James Bible
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

New King James Version
Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore they were seeking again to arrest Him, and He eluded their grasp.

NASB 1995
Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp.

NASB 1977
Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp.

Amplified Bible
So they tried again to seize Him, but He eluded their grasp.

Christian Standard Bible
Then they were trying again to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then they were trying again to seize Him, yet He eluded their grasp.

American Standard Version
They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they again sought to seize him, and he escaped from their hands.

Contemporary English Version
Again they wanted to arrest Jesus. But he escaped

Douay-Rheims Bible
They sought therefore to take him; and he escaped out of their hands.

English Revised Version
They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The Jews tried to arrest Jesus again, but he got away from them.

Good News Translation
Once more they tried to seize Jesus, but he slipped out of their hands.

International Standard Version
Again they tried to seize him, but he slipped away from them.

Literal Standard Version
Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He went forth out of their hand,

Majority Standard Bible
At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

New American Bible
[Then] they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power.

NET Bible
Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.

New Revised Standard Version
Then they tried to arrest him again, but he escaped from their hands.

New Heart English Bible
Now they sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore they sought again to take him; but he escaped from their hand,

Weymouth New Testament
This made them once more try to arrest Him, but He withdrew out of their power.

World English Bible
They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,

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Context
The Unbelief of the Jews
38But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.” 39At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp. 40Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.…

Cross References
Matthew 12:14
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

Luke 4:30
But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.

John 7:30
So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

John 8:59
At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.


Treasury of Scripture

Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

John 10:31
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

John 7:30,44
Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come…

John 8:59
Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

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John 10
1. Jesus is the door, and the good shepherd.
19. Diverse opinions of him.
23. He proves by his works that he is Jesus the Son of God;
31. escapes the Jews;
39. and goes again beyond Jordan, where many believe on him.














(39) Therefore they sought again to take him.--He has removed all ground for the charge of blasphemy, and they have abandoned the attempt to stone Him, though He here repeats the very truth which led to that attempt before (John 10:30-31). The word "again" refers to previous attempts to take Him (John 7:30; John 7:32; John 7:44).

But he escaped out of their hand.--Nothing is said of the manner, and there is no reason to suppose anything more than, while they were plotting how they might take Him, He passed out of the Temple. (Comp. John 8:59.) . . .

Verse 39. - (Therefore) they sought (again) to seize him, and he escaped out of their hands. This appeal roused their animosity, and, though they dropped their stones, they were preparing to lay violent hands on him. The πάλιν points back to John 7:30, 32, 44. His escape was facilitated by the strange moral power he could exert to render their assaults upon him vain. They stretched out hands which dropped harmlessly at their side - another confirmation of the solemn statement of ver. 18. There is no need to suppose a miracle, still less to justify the preposterous notion that the body of Jesus was, in John's Gospel, docetic merely (cf. John 8:59; Luke 4:30; Mark 11:18).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
At this,
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

they tried
Ἐζήτουν (Ezētoun)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

again
πάλιν (palin)
Adverb
Strong's 3825: Probably from the same as pale; anew, i.e. back, once more, or furthermore or on the other hand.

to seize
πιάσαι (piasai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 4084: Probably another form of biazo; to squeeze, i.e. Seize (press), or officially (arrest), or in hunting (capture).

Him,
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

but
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

He escaped
ἐξῆλθεν (exēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.

their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

grasp.
χειρὸς (cheiros)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 5495: A hand.


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