{I ask you} (eper(9374)(9320)hum(8373)). They had questions in their
hearts about Jesus. He now asks in addition (ep') an open
question that brings the whole issue into the open. {A life}
(psuch(886e)). So the Revised Version. The rabbis had a rule:
_Periculum vitae pellit sabbatum_. But it had to be a Jew whose
life was in peril on the sabbath. The words of Jesus cut to the
quick. {Or to destroy it} ((8820)apolesai). On this very day these
Pharisees were plotting to destroy Jesus (verse  7 ).