They took up stones therefore (ηραν ουν λιθους). First aorist active indicative of αιρω, inferential use of ουν. The time for argu…

Then took they up stones. It seems they understood him as blaspheming and proceeded, even without a formal trial, to stone him as such, be…

Then took they up stones to cast at him.—At last, the meaning of His words flashes upon them. They had heard this I AM be…

I know that you are Abraham's seed; yet you seek to kill me, because my word does not have free course in you. I speak the things which I have …

St. Gregory the Great: The worldly minds of the Jews were focused only on the flesh; they thought only of His age in the flesh.…

Then they took up stones. There is reason to believe that they did this as if Christ should be stoned according to the injunction of the L…

Then they took up stones to cast at him
Supposing that he had spoken blasphemy; for they well understood that he, by so saying…

Christ and all who are His depend on God for honor. People may be able to dispute about God, yet may not know Him. Those who do not know God and do…

1. Above, our Lord had promised two things to his followers: liberation from darkne and the attainment of life, saying, he who follows m…