John 10:31
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Cross-references
In John 10:39, immediately after the stoning attempt, they again try to arrest him — persistent hostility.
John 5:18 reveals the same reason for hostility — Jesus making Himself equal with God, leading to the stoning attempt in John 10:31.
John 8:59 records another stoning attempt on Jesus, a parallel event to the one in John 10:31.
John 11:8 references the stoning attempt from John 10:31 as the disciples recall the danger.
In John 18:32, Jesus' death is prophesied as crucifixion, not stoning — so this attempt is thwarted to fulfill that.
In John 8:37, Jesus states the Jews seek to kill him; here they pick up stones, fulfilling that revealed intent.
John 7:19 records Jesus asking why they seek to kill him — earlier foreshadowing of this stoning attempt.
In John 7:30, the Jews sought to arrest Jesus but failed; here they attempt stoning — both show escalating hostility before his hour.
In John 15:20, Jesus warns disciples they will face the same persecution he endures — like this stoning attempt.
In Matthew 21:35, tenants stone a servant sent by the landowner — the same violent rejection of God's messengers that Jesus now endures.
Acts 7:58 describes the stoning of Stephen — a direct parallel of the same lethal punishment the Jews try to inflict on Jesus.
Acts 7:52 accuses the Jewish leaders of killing the prophets who foretold the Righteous One — the same hostility now aimed at Jesus.
Matthew 23:35 recounts the blood of Zechariah, stoned between temple and altar — a pattern of killing prophets that the Jews continue by attempting to stone Jesus.
Mark 14:64 condemns Jesus for blasphemy — the same charge that leads the Jews to pick up stones here.
Leviticus 24:14 commands stoning for blasphemy — the very law the Jews are invoking to execute Jesus.
In Hebrews 12:3, believers are called to consider Jesus who endured hostility — such as this stoning attempt.
Acts 7:59 shows Stephen praying during his stoning — echoing Jesus' own trust in God while facing a similar death.