The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?”
Gospel's Commentary
Today we are already "closing in" on Holy Week. Today they want to stone Jesus; and within a few days they will take Him to the Cross. The mystery of the Incarnation is at the basis of the accusation: «You, being a mere man, claim to be God». Christ is man and God. In fact, His detractors were moved by envy.
— But normal people reacted in a different way: «they were saying: 'While John performed no sign, yet everything John said about this man was true'» And in that place many believed in Jesus»...