John 11:48

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Summary

If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

We let

Acts 5:28

And the

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Bible References

We let

saying, “We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this Man’s blood on us [by accusing us as His murderers].”

And the

a defiant nation who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young,

Then after the sixty-two weeks [of years] the Anointed One will be cut off [and denied His Messianic kingdom] and have nothing [and no one to defend Him], and the people of the [other] prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.

“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,
And against the Man, My Associate,”
Declares the Lord of hosts.
“Strike the Shepherd so that the sheep [of the flock] may be scattered;
And I will turn My hand and stretch it out against the little ones [of the flock].

Behold, a day is coming for the Lord when the spoil taken from you (Jerusalem) will be divided in your midst.

Now when the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those tenants?”

The king was enraged [when he heard this], and sent his soldiers and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

so that on you will come the guilt of all the blood of the righteous shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah [the priest], the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

And all the people answered, “Let [the responsibility for] His blood be on us and on our children!”

As He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it [and the spiritual ignorance of its people],

“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by [hostile] armies, then understand [with confident assurance] that her complete destruction is near.

But Jesus, turning toward them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

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You have feared the sword; so I will bring a sword upon you,” says the Lord God.

Nor do you understand that it is expedient and politically advantageous for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”

because on account of him many of the Jews were going away [from the teaching and traditions of the Jewish leaders] and believing in Jesus [following Him as Savior and Messiah].

They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.