John 10:31

THE MESSAGE

Again the Jews picked up rocks to throw at him. Jesus said, "I have made a present to you from the Father of a great many good actions. For which of these acts do you stone me?"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone him.

King James Version (1611)
Then the Iewes tooke vp stones againe to stone him.

King James Version
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

English Standard Version
The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.

New American Standard Bible
The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.

New Century Version
Again some of the people picked up stones to kill Jesus.

Amplified Bible
Again the Jews picked up stones to stone Him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.

Berean Standard Bible
At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.

Contemporary English Version
Once again the Jewish leaders picked up stones in order to kill Jesus.

Complete Jewish Bible
Once again the Judeans picked up rocks in order to stone him.

Darby Translation
The Jews therefore again took stones that they might stone him.

Easy-to-Read Version
Again the Jews there picked up stones to kill Jesus.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then ye Iewes againe tooke vp stones, to stone him.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the Jews again took up stones to stone him.

Good News Translation
Then the people again picked up stones to throw at him.

Lexham English Bible
Then the Jews picked up stones again so that they could stone him.

Literal Translation
Then again the Jews took up stones, that they might stone Him.

American Standard Version
The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

Bible in Basic English
Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore Yehudim took up stones again to stone him.

International Standard Version
Again the Jews[fn] picked up stones to stone him to death.John 8:59;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And again the Jihudoyee took up stones to stone him.

Murdock Translation
And again the Jews took up stones, to stone him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then the Iewes agayne toke vp stones, to stone hym [withall.]

English Revised Version
The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

World English Bible
Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then the Jews again took up stones to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father;

Weymouth's New Testament
Again the Jews brought stones with which to stone Him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Jewis token vp stoonys, to stoone hym.

Update Bible Version
The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

New English Translation
The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death.

New King James Version
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.

New Living Translation
Once again the people picked up stones to kill him.

New Life Bible
Again the Jews picked up stones to throw at Him.

New Revised Standard
The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The Jews again lifted up stones, that they might stone him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Jews then took up stones to stone him.

Revised Standard Version
The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then the Iewes agayne toke up stones to stone him with all.

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then the Iewes toke vp stones agayne, to stone him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
They spat back, "We're not killing you for good works. We're gonna kill you for claiming that you are God."

Contextual Overview

²²They were celebrating Hanukkah just then in Jerusalem. It was winter. Jesus was strolling in the Temple across Solomon's Porch. The Jews, circling him, said, "How long are you going to keep us guessing? If you're the Messiah, tell us straight out." ²⁵Jesus answered, "I told you, but you don't believe. Everything I have done has been authorized by my Father, actions that speak louder than words. You don't believe because you're not my sheep. My sheep recognize my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them real and eternal life. They are protected from the Destroyer for good. No one can steal them from out of my hand. The Father who put them under my care is so much greater than the Destroyer and Thief. No one could ever get them away from him. I and the Father are one heart and mind." ³¹Again the Jews picked up rocks to throw at him. Jesus said, "I have made a present to you from the Father of a great many good actions. For which of these acts do you stone me?" ³³ The Jews said, "We're not stoning you for anything good you did, but for what you said—this blasphemy of calling yourself God." ³⁴Jesus said, "I'm only quoting your inspired Scriptures, where God said, ‘I tell you—you are gods.' If God called your ancestors ‘gods'—and Scripture doesn't lie—why do you yell, ‘Blasphemer! Blasphemer!' at the unique One the Father consecrated and sent into the world, just because I said, ‘I am the Son of God'? If I don't do the things my Father does, well and good; don't believe me. But if I am doing them, put aside for a moment what you hear me say about myself and just take the evidence of the actions that are right before your eyes. Then perhaps things will come together for you, and you'll see that not only are we doing the same thing, we are the same—Father and Son. He is in me; I am in him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John 5:18, John 8:59, John 11:8, Exodus 17:4, 1 Samuel 30:6, Matthew 21:35, Matthew 23:35, Acts 7:52, Acts 7:58, Acts 7:59

Reciprocal: Leviticus 24:14 - let all the Mark 14:61 - the Son Mark 14:64 - General John 7:19 - Why John 7:30 - they John 8:37 - but John 10:39 - General John 15:20 - word John 18:32 - the saying Hebrews 11:37 - stoned Hebrews 12:3 - contradiction

Cross-References

Genesis 10:20
These are the descendants of Ham by family, language, country, and nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. As they had done before, :-;

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Jews took up stones - Stoning was the punishment of a blasphemer, Leviticus 24:14-16. They considered him guilty of blasphemy because he made himself equal with God, John 10:33.

Again - They had before plotted against his life John 5:16, John 5:18, and once at least they had taken up stones to destroy him, John 8:59.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 31. The Jews took up stones — To stone him as a blasphemer, Leviticus 24:14-16, because he said he was one with God. The evangelist adds the word again, because they had attempted to do this before, see John 8:59; but it seems they mere prevented from doing this now by the following discourse.