John 10:39
39 Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.
Other Translations of John 10:39
King James Version
39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
English Standard Version
39 Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
The Message
39 They tried yet again to arrest him, but he slipped through their fingers.
New King James Version
39 Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.
New Living Translation
39 Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 10:39
Commentary on John 10:39-42
(Read John 10:39-42)
No weapon formed against our Lord Jesus shall prosper. He escaped, not because he was afraid to suffer, but because his hour was not come. And He who knew how to deliver himself, knows how to deliver the godly our of their temptations, and to make a way for them to escape. Persecutors may drive Christ and his gospel our of their own city or country, but they cannot drive him or it out of the world. When we know Christ by faith in our hearts, we find all that the Scripture saith of him is true.