Charles Ellicott Commentary John 10:31

"The Jews took up stones again to stone him." — John 10:31 (ASV)

Then the Jews took up stones again.—Better, The Jews therefore . . . Their action follows as an effect caused by His words. The word “again” reminds us that they had done this two months before, at the Feast of Tabernacles (John 8:59). The words for “took up” are not the same. There the sense is, “they lifted up stones,” and we are told that Jesus hid Himself; here the meaning is, “they carried stones,” since there were none in the cloister where they were. During this process, their first burst of anger expended itself, and our Lord further disarms it with a question.