John 11:45-53
The Plot to Kill Jesus
45 Therefore, many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what He did believed in Him.(A)
46 But some of them went to the Pharisees(B) and told them what Jesus had done.
47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin(C) and said, “What are we going to do since this man does many signs?
48 If we let Him continue in this way, everyone will believe in Him! Then the Romans(D) will come and remove both our place(a) and our nation.”
49 One of them, Caiaphas,(E) who was high priest(F) that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
50 You’re not considering that it is to your(b) advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish.”(G)
51 He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was going to die(H) for the nation,
52 and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children(I) of God.
53 So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.(J)
Footnotes:
a.
John 11:48: The temple or possibly all of Jerusalem
b.
John 11:50: Other mss read to our
Cross references:
B.
John 11:46:
Mark 7:3
C.
John 11:47:
Mark 13:9
D.
John 11:48:
Acts 16:21
E.
John 11:49:
Matthew 26:3; Matthew 26:57; Luke 3:2; John 18:13-14; John 18:24; John 18:28; Acts 4:6
I.
John 11:52:
Luke 1:7
J.
John 11:53:
John 5:18