Sought the more (μαλλον εζητουν). Imperfect active of ζητεω, graphic picture of increased and untiring effort "to kill him" (αυτον…

The more to kill him. Jesus's answer was greatly suited to irritate them. He did not deny what he had done, but he added…

For “had broken,” read did He break, and for “His Father,” His own Father. They recognize as beyond doubt what He means by the te…

They did not understand him to preach Unitarianism; they understood him to proclaim his own true and proper Godhead, and he never contradicted them…

St. John Chrysostom: The man, when healed, did not go to the marketplace or give himself up to pleasure or vainglory. Instead,…

The Jews were angry because of Jesus’ violation of the Sabbath, but they were furious when he was so presumptuous as to claim equality with the Fat…

For this reason, therefore, the Jews sought the more to slay him. This defense was so far from lessening their fury that it enraged them e…

Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him
They were the more desirous to take away his life, and were more bent…

The divine power of the miracle proved Jesus to be the Son of God, and he declared that he worked with, and like his Father, as he saw fit. These a…

1. Having seen a visible miracle that shows the power of Christ to restore spiritual life, we now see an opportunity given to him to teach. …