Joh 10:31 | RWP | e4.org | Took up stones again ( εβαστασαν παλιν λιθους ). First aorist active indicative of βασταζω , old verb to pick up, to carry ( ), to bear ( ). The παλιν refers to where ηραν was used. They wanted to kill him also when he made himself equal to God in . Perhaps here εβαστασαν means "they fetched stones from a distance." To stone him ( ινα λιθασωσιν αυτον ). Final clause with ινα and the first aorist active subjunctive of λιθαζω , late verb (Aristotle, Polybius) from λιθος (stone, small, , or large, ), in ; ; ; ; ; , but not in the Synoptics. It means to pelt with stones, to overwhelm with stones.

‏ John 10:31

Took up stones again ( εβαστασαν παλιν λιθους ). First aorist active indicative of βασταζω, old verb to pick up, to carry (Joh 12:6), to bear (Ga 6:5). The παλιν refers to Joh 8:59 where ηραν was used. They wanted to kill him also when he made himself equal to God in 5:18. Perhaps here εβαστασαν means "they fetched stones from a distance."

To stone him ( ινα λιθασωσιν αυτον ). Final clause with ινα and the first aorist active subjunctive of λιθαζω, late verb (Aristotle, Polybius) from λιθος (stone, small, Mt 4:6, or large, Mt 28:2), in Joh 10:31-33; 11:8; Ac 5:26; 14:19; 2Co 11:25; Heb 11:37, but not in the Synoptics. It means to pelt with stones, to overwhelm with stones.