Passage
Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.
John 10:31 (WEB)
Nearby Context
John 10:29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
John 10:30 I and the Father are one.”
John 10:31 Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.
John 10:32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
John 10:33 The Jews answered him, “We don’t stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "therefore", "jews", "took", "stones", and "again". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "jews", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 30's "I and the Father are one..." into verse 32's "Jesus answered them I have shown you...", so "therefore" and "jews" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "jews" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.