Verse (Click for Chapter) 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. Contemporary English Version Again they wanted to arrest Jesus. But he escaped 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. Majority Standard Bible At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp. NET Bible Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches. 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTherefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He went forth out of their hand, Berean Literal Bible Therefore they were seeking to seize Him again, but He went forth out of their hand. Young's Literal Translation Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand, Smith's Literal Translation Then sought they again to take him: and he went out from their hand, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThey sought therefore to take him; and he escaped out of their hands. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, they sought to apprehend him, but he escaped from their hands. New American Bible [Then] they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power. New Revised Standard Version Then they tried to arrest him again, but he escaped from their hands. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd they wanted again to seize him; but he escaped from their hands. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they again sought to seize him, and he escaped from their hands. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentThen they sought again to take him, but he escaped from their hands. Godbey New Testament They sought again to take Him: and He passed out of their hand. Haweis New Testament Then sought they again to apprehend him and he departed out of their reach, Mace New Testament Thereupon they again endeavour'd to seize him: but he escaped out of their hands, and retir'd beyond Jordan, Weymouth New Testament This made them once more try to arrest Him, but He withdrew out of their power. Worrell New Testament They were seeking, therefore, again to seize Him; and He went forth out of their hands. Worsley New Testament Therefore they sought again to seize Him; but He escaped out of their hand, and went away again beyond Jordan, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible 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 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. Luke 4:29-30 They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff. / But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way. John 11:54 As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples. John 12:36 While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them. Matthew 12:14-15 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. / Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all, Mark 3:6-7 At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus. / So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea, John 5:16-18 Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him. / But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.” / Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. John 7:44 Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him. John 8:20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come. John 18:6 When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground. John 18:12 Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him. Acts 12:11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.” Acts 9:23-25 After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him, / but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him. / One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall. Acts 14:5-6 But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them, / they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region, 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. Jump to Previous Arrest Attempt Eluded Escaped Forth Grasp Hand Hands Once Power Seeking Seize Sought Tried Try WithdrewJump to Next Arrest Attempt Eluded Escaped Forth Grasp Hand Hands Once Power Seeking Seize Sought Tried Try WithdrewJohn 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. At this This phrase indicates a reaction to the preceding events or statements. In the context of John 10, Jesus has been speaking about His unity with the Father, which provoked a strong reaction from the Jewish leaders. The phrase "at this" serves as a pivotal moment, highlighting the tension between Jesus' divine claims and the disbelief of His audience. Historically, this reflects the growing opposition Jesus faced from religious authorities who were threatened by His teachings and His challenge to their understanding of God. they tried again to seize Him but He escaped their grasp 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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