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Soοὖνthey were seekingἐζήτουνagainπάλινto seizeπιάσαιhim,αὐτὸνandκαὶhe escapedἐξῆλθενfromἐκtheir hands.τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν
John 10:39
Study it in the app“So they were seeking again to seize him, and he escaped from their hands.”
With the Greek beneath
John 10:39, word by word
- they were seekingἐζήτουνezētoun
try
To try for something; to be after someone's life is to plan to kill them.
Where else “ezētoun” appears- againπάλινpalin
again
Once more, repeating what came before.
Where else “palin” appears- to seizeπιάσαιpiasai
seize
To catch someone, or take them by the hand.
Where else “piasai” appears- he escapedἐξῆλθενexēlthen
go out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exēlthen” appears- their handsχειρὸςcheiros
hand
The part of the body at the end of the arm, used to hold and touch.
Where else “cheiros” appears
The context
38but if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and keep on knowing that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
39 · This verse (above)
40And he went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been immersing at first, and he stayed there.
To study John 10 in a group
1. What it says
Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd.” What does the good shepherd do for the sheep, and how is he different from the hired hand? (vv. 11-15)
2. What it means
Jesus says the sheep hear his voice and he knows them (vv. 3-4, 27). What kind of relationship does that show between him and those who follow him?
3. How I live it
Jesus says he came so that they may have life in abundance (v. 10). In what part of your life do you need to hear his voice today?