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Simplified Cowboy Version

John 10:31

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Persecution;   Temple;   Scofield Reference Index - Life;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nation, the;   Punishments;   Rage;   Stoning;   Wrath-Anger;   The Topic Concordance - Witness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Son of God;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Work;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Soul;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Son of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Son of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hour;   Jews in the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Lazarus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Communion (2);   Consciousness;   Curse;   Devotion;   Discourse;   Endurance;   John, Gospel of (Ii. Contents);   Lazarus;   Marks Stigmata;   Punishment (2);   Stone;   Temple (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - New Testament;   Stones;   Stoning;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;   Punishments;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 1;  

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.
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?"

Contextual Overview

22It was now winter, and Jesus was at the Festival of Dedication of the Temple, or Hanukkah, in Jerusalem. 23Jesus was walking along Solomon's Porch in the church courtyard. 24Some Jews surrounded him and asked, "How long are you going to keep up this ruse? If you are the Top Hand, tell us straight right now." 25Jesus said, "I've already told you, but you won't believe me. The things I do, and the fact that I only give God the credit, tells all you should need to know. 26But you don't believe me because y'all are not my cattle. You were another outfit's brand. 27My cattle know me, and I know them. They go where I lead them. 28The pasture I lead them to is eternal life. I'll never lose a single one, and no one can take a single one from me. 29My Father gave me each one. He is greater than everyone else, and no one could stand against Him and be able to steal one. 30My Father and I ride together." 31They spat back, "We're not killing you for good works. We're gonna kill you for claiming that you are God."

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

Acts 17:26
He started this world with one cowboy. It was through this cowboy that every ranch and every cowpoke who ever pushed a cow came to be. God decided the boundaries and how good the grass would be on each of them. He determined long ago when each would rise and fall.

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.


 
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