John 10:31

ἐβάστ. πάλιν. They prepare to act on Leviticus 24:16 (comp. 1 Kings 21:10). Πάλιν refers to John 8:59, where we have ἧραν for ἐβάστασαν. The latter implies more effort; ‘lifted up, bore:’ but we cannot be sure whether it refers to raising from the ground or to carrying from a distance. The change from ἵνα βάλωσιν ἐπ' αὐτόν to ἵνα λιθάσωσιν αὐτόν, as from ἧραν to ἐβάστασαν may indicate that this was a more deliberate attempt to carry out the law of blasphemy. S. John uses the classical λιθάζειν (John 10:32-33; John 11:8), whereas the Synoptists use the LXX. word λιθοβολεῖν (Matthew 21:35; Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34). In the Acts both words occur (Acts 5:26; Acts 7:58).