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John 11:50

The cross and atonement

48 If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

49 But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

51 Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

52 and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
KJV
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
WEB
nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
ASV
nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
DARBY
nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish.
BLB
nor do you⁺ reckon that it is profitable for you⁺ that one man should die for the people and the whole nation should not perish.”
ÅB
Dere forstår ingenting, heller ikke tenker dere på at det er til gagn for dere at ett menneske dør for folket og ikke hele folket går til grunne.
OTB
Dere forstår ikke at det er bedre for dere at én mann dør for folket enn at hele nasjonen går til grunne."
B1930
I forstår ingenting, heller ikke tenker I på at det er til gagn for eder at ett menneske dør for folket og ikke hele folket går til grunne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 18:14

    Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.

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  • Luke 24:46

    And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

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  • Romans 3:8

    Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

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  • John 19:12

    From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”

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  • John 11:48

    If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

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