John 8:59 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἦραν	ēran	They took up	G142 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
λίθους	lithous	stones	G3037 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
βάλωσιν	balōsin	they might cast	G906 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	at	G1909 →
αὐτόν.	auton	Him.	G846 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἐκρύβη	ekrubē	hid Himself	G2928 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐξῆλθεν	exēlthen	He went forth	G1831 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ἱεροῦ	hi'erou	temple	G2411 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 11:8
“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
leads to
- John 10:31
  At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
- Acts 21:12–13
  When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
- Matthew 16:21–23
  From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must…
Through
Leviticus 24:16
Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he…
leads to
- Matthew 12:31
  Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
- James 2:7
  Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
- John 10:33–36
  “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”
- 1 Timothy 1:13
  I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- Mark 3:28–29
  Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.Luke 4:30But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.John 11:8“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”John 10:39At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.Luke 4:29They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.John 10:31At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.John 10:39–40At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.John 10:30–33I and the Father are one.”Leviticus 24:16Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.John 8:37I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.1 Kings 17:3“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.Luke 4:29–30They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.Exodus 17:4Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”Psalms 22:21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!Acts 12:17Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.1 Samuel 18:11and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.John 20:14When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not recognize that it was Jesus.Genesis 19:11And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

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