John 10:39 meaning and explanation

At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

John 10:39, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus has just claimed that the Father is in Him and He in the Father, and His hearers respond by trying to arrest Him. The Greek verb rendered "tried again to seize" means to take hold of by force, and John uses it earlier in the chapter for the hireling who abandons the sheep.

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