John 10:31

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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  • John 8:59 : 59 Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden from them and went out from the temple area.
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!
  • John 5:18 : 18 For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.
  • Acts 7:58-59 : 58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed,“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
  • John 11:8 : 8 The disciples replied,“Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?”
  • Exod 17:4 : 4 Then Moses cried out to the LORD,“What will I do with this people?– a little more and they will stone me!”
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the LORD his God.
  • Matt 21:35 : 35 But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
  • Matt 23:35 : 35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

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  • 82%

    32Jesus said to them,“I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?”

    33The Jewish leaders replied,“We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”

  • John 11:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7Then after this, he said to his disciples,“Let us go to Judea again.”

    8The disciples replied,“Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?”

  • 30The Father and I are one.”

  • 59Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden from them and went out from the temple area.

  • 39Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.

  • 19Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.

  • John 5:16-18
    3 verses
    72%

    16Responding to Jewish Leaders Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.

    17So he told them,“My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”

    18For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

  • John 2:18-20
    3 verses
    71%

    18So then the Jewish leaders responded,“What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?”

    19Jesus replied,“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.”

    20Then the Jewish leaders said to him,“This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and are you going to raise it up in three days?”

  • 57But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.

  • 17This is why the Father loves me– because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again.

  • John 8:7-8
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    7When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied,“Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.”

    8Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.

  • 10So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed,“It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat.”

  • 35But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

  • 1The Feast of Shelters After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.

  • 13They shouted back,“Crucify him!”

  • 5When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

  • 53So from that day they planned together to kill him.

  • 52Then the Judeans responded,“Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say,‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’

  • 7Then Jesus asked them again,“Who are you looking for?” And they said,“Jesus the Nazarene.”

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    24The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked,“How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

    25Jesus replied,“I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father’s name testify about me.

  • 52Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another,“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

  • 4So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

  • 5In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?”

  • 41Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said,“I am the bread that came down from heaven,”

  • 31Pilate told them,“Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied,“We cannot legally put anyone to death.”

  • 10Have you not read this scripture:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

  • 48The Judeans replied,“Aren’t we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?”

  • 10So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,

  • 39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • 29They got up, forced him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

  • 30So then they tried to seize Jesus, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

  • 36Thus the people who had come to mourn said,“Look how much he loved him!”

  • 17But Jesus looked straight at them and said,“Then what is the meaning of that which is written:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

  • 12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • 7The Jewish leaders replied,“We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!”

  • 59They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed,“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

  • 11So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking,“Where is he?”

  • 25Questions About Jesus’ Identity Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say,“Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

  • 44Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

  • 28So then they said to him,“What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?”

  • 42Jesus said to them,“Have you never read in the scriptures:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

  • 11This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.