10:39 {11} Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
(11) Christ flees danger, not because of mistrust, nor for fear of death, nor that he would be lazy, but to gather a Church in another place.
10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him. A few moments before they would have stoned him by mob violence (Joh 10:31), but when they had cooled somewhat they sought to arrest him.
10:39-42 No weapon formed against our Lord Jesus shall prosper. He escaped, not because he was afraid to suffer, but because his hour was not come. And He who knew how to deliver himself, knows how to deliver the godly our of their temptations, and to make a way for them to escape. Persecutors may drive Christ and his gospel our of their own city or country, but they cannot drive him or it out of the world. When we know Christ by faith in our hearts, we find all that the Scripture saith of him is true.
