John Chapter 10 verse 39 Holy Bible
They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.
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Then again they made an attempt to take him; but he got away from them.
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They sought therefore again to take him; and he went away from out of their hand
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Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
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They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
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Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.) . . .
