Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
John 11:48
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.
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.
Verse 48. _ALL MEN WILL BELIEVE ON HIM_] If we permit him to work but a few more miracles like these two last (the cure of the blind man, and the resurrection of Lazarus) he will be universally ackno...
ALL MEN - That is, all men among the Jews. The whole nation. AND THE ROMANS SHALL COME - They were then subject to the Romans - tributary and dependent. Whatever privileges they had they held at the w...
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The Sickness of Lazarus Announced. (John 11:1 .)_ 2. The Delayed Departure and the Death of Lazarus. (John 11:5 .) 3. The Arrival at Bethany. (John 11:17 .) 4. Weeping with Them Tha...
THE RESULTS OF THE MIRACLE. The majority of the Jews who came to comfort the sisters were convinced, but some remained hostile, and gave information to the Pharisees. The chief priests, _i.e._ the Sad...
IF WE LET HIM THUS ALONE, ALL MEN WILL BELIEVE. They take it for granted that his miracles were calculated to produce belief. They also held that the people would regard him the Messiah and would ris...
The chief priests and Pharisees assembled the Sanhedrin: "What are we going to do?" they said, "because this man does many signs. If we leave him alone like this, all will believe in him, and the Roma...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
OUR OF US. Greek. _hemon._ Both the word and its position are emphatic. They claimed for themselves what belonged to God. Compare Matthew 23:38, YOUR HOUSE. So the feasts of the Lord (Leviticus 23:2),...
_the Romans will come_ They do not inquire whether He is or is not the Messiah; they look solely to the consequences of admitting that He is. "The Sanhedrin, especially the Pharisaic section of it, wa...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
ἘΛΕΎΣΟΝΤΑΙ ΟἹ ῬΩΜ. An unconscious prophecy (comp. John 11:50; John 7:35; John 19:19) of what their own policy would produce. They do not inquire whether He is or is not the Messiah: they look solely t...
OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE SIGN...
Ver 47. Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many miracles. 48. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans sh...
_THE PLOT TO KILL JESUS -- JOHN 11:45-57:_ The miracle caused many to believe in Jesus. Others went and told the Pharisees. The chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together to discuss w...
ΆΦΏΜΕΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ, _см._ John 11:44. _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1437) выражает условие, ΠΙΣΤΕΫ́ΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ, _см._ John 11:45.~ΈΛΕΎΣΟΝΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜ...
THEN GATHERED THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES A COUNCIL,— The account which was given of Lazarus's resurrection raised the indignation of the rulers to the highest pitch. They assembled the sanhed...
POLITICS AND MURDER _Text 11:47-57_ 47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs. 48 If we _let_ him thus alone, all me...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 11:45-57 The following is submitted as an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— In the closing section of John 11 we are shown the effects of the a...
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. IF WE LET HIM THUS ALONE, ALL MEN WILL BELIEVE ON HIM: AND THE ROMANS SHALL...
25 The striking phrase "and the Life" is the clue to the great truth here unfolded by our Lord. To His assertion that "Your brother will be rising" Martha assents, for she knew that all would rise "at...
CHRIST THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE 1-44. The raising of Lazarus. The last and greatest of the seven 'signs' recorded in this Gospel is related with such photographic minuteness of detail, that it is...
A MEETING OF THE SANHEDRIN AGAINST JESUS. As in the synoptics, the chief priests, i.e. the Sadducees, take a more prominent part than the Pharisees in compassing the death of Jesus. Similarly in the A...
THE ROMANS SHALL COME] They feared that Jesus would be proclaimed king by the people, and that the Romans would thereupon inflict summary judgment upon the nation. OUR PLACE AND NATION] i.e. our posit...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 11 LAZARUS DIES 11:1-16 V1-2 A man called Lazarus was ill. He lived in Bethany. He had two sisters, Mary and Martha. (M...
IF WE LET HIM THUS ALONE, ALL MEN WILL BELIEVE ON HIM. — He who but a short time since had escaped from their stones and violence, and had retired to Bethany, was now within two miles of Jerusalem. On...
CHAPTER 24 JESUS THE SCAPEGOAT. “Many therefore of the Jews, which came to Mary and beheld that which He did, believed on Him. But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things wh...
_The consequences of the miracle_....
ἐὰν ἀφῶμεν … ἔθνος. “If we let Him thus alone,” _i.e._, if we do no more to put an end to His miracles than we are doing, “all will believe on Him; and the Romans will come and take away both our plac...
THE INNOCENT FOR THE GUILTY John 11:45-57 The friends of the family who had come to lament with them, were disposed toward Jesus and believed; but the mere spectators hastened with the news, to infla...
Here we have the account of the last sign wrought by Jesus as recorded by John, namely, the raising of Lazarus. Very beautiful in this connection is the depiction of the sorrow of the sisters, and our...
If we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and (h) take away both our place and nation. (h) That is, take away from us by force: for at that time, though the h...
_The Romans will come upon us, in case he be admitted as our great Messias, and our King. (Witham)_...
CONDEMNATORY VERDICT OF THE SANHEDRIN John 11:47-54. “ _Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin_, _and continued to say_, _What shall we do_? _because this man is performing many m...
FIRST SECTION: 11:1-57. THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS. No scene in this gospel is presented in so detailed and dramatic a manner. There is none from which appears more distinctly the character of Jesus...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 45-53. 1. The result of the miracle was the production of the desired faith, not only in the sisters and the disciples, but also in many of the Jews who h...
“ _The chief priests and Pharisees therefore gathered an assembly, and they said, What shall we do? For this man does many miracles._ 48. _If we let him alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans...
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? For this man doeth many miracles. (48) If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall co...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
48._If we let him alone thus. _What if they do not _let him alone _? In that case, as we have already said, they are fully convinced that it lies in their power to block up Christ’s path, so that he s...
We come now to the testimony which the Father renders to Jesus in answer to His rejection. In this chapter the power of resurrection and of life in His own Person are presented to faith. [40] But here...
IF WE LET HIM THUS ALONE,.... Going about from place to place, teaching the people, and doing such miracles: ALL MEN WILL BELIEVE ON HIM; the whole nation will receive him as the Messiah, and proclai...
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. Ver. 48. _The Romans shall come, &c._] And so they did; the thing that they...
_Then gathered the chief priests_, &c. “The account which these men gave of Lazarus's resurrection, raised the indignation of the rulers to the highest pitch. They called a council forthwith, and afte...
BELIEVE ON HIM; and receive him as the expected king of Israel. This, they profess to fear, will bring upon them the wrath of the Romans. TAKE AWAY BOTH OUR PLACE AND NATION; by the murder of Jesus,...
THE DEATH OF LAZARUS (vs.1-27) The raising of Lazarus in this chapter is a striking witness to the fact that the plotting of the Jews to kill the Lord Jesus was vanity; for He Himself is superior to...
47-53 There can hardly be a more clear discovery of the madness that is in man's heart, and of its desperate enmity against God, than what is here recorded. Words of prophecy in the mouth, are not cl...
They are afraid, that if they should any longer suffer Christ to go on working miracles, he would have a great many followers, who upon the credit of his miracles would own him as the Messiah, and the...
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VI and, "If we do not slay Christ, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and will take away both our place and nation."[154]...
John 11:48 If G1437 let G863 Him G846 alone G863 (G5632) this G3779 everyone G3956 believe G4100 ...
‘The chief priests therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered a council and said, “What are we going to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him thus alone all men will believe on him, and the...
John 11:48. IF WE LET HIM THUS ALONE, ALL MEN WILL BELIEVE IN HIM: AND THE ROMANS WILL COME AND TAKE AWAY BOTH OUR PLACE AND OUR NATION. The fear was natural. It is true that they were already subject...
IF WE LET HIM THUS ALONE (εαν αφωμεν αυτον ουτως). Condition of third class with εαν and second aorist active subjunctive of απιημ. "Suppose we leave him thus alone." Suppose also that he keeps on...
John 11:47 The Retributive Character of Divine Justice Observe: I. That men who set what they foolishly count their interest against their convictions determined to stifle the latter lest they shoul...
John 11 In selecting this word we are struck with the frequency of its occurrence in this chapter. There is: I. The "If" of wisdom. Jesus answered "If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not." The...
Lazarus had been publicly raised from the dead. A great number of persons saw the miracle, and there was never any question about its having been wrought. John 11:45. _Then many of the Jews which cam...
CONTENTS: Raising of Lazarus. Enmity of the Pharisees against Jesus. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, disciples, Pharisees, Thomas, Caiaphas. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ is the resurrection an...
John 11:2. _It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment._ The allusion to this anointing is obscure. It could not be to the similar occurrence in Luke 7., for that was a woman of the city;...
AND THE ROMAN AUTHORITIES WILL TAKE ACTION. Perhaps they expect Jesus to use his popularity to proclaim himself King, and raise an army to fight against Rome. A generation later, the Jewish authoritie...
_Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council_ THE SANHEDRIM I. The NAME συνέδριον. Sanhedrin is more accurate than Sanhedrim, though this is more frequently used, and means a sittin...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 11:48 OUR PLACE almost certainly refers to the temple (compare Acts 21:28). TAKE AWAY... OUR NATION may refer to the feared los
"VER. 44. _And he that was dead came forth_, &c. The power of the voice of Christ is made manifest, which instantly raised up the dead man, so that the things spoken might be done. _Grave-clothes_, bi...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 11:46. BUT SOME OF THEM, ETC.—It is possible to misjudge their motives; but in view of John 19:22 and John 10:31 their action can hardly be viewed as friendly....
EXPOSITION JOHN 11:1 7. _Christ the Antagonist of death—a victory of love and power_._ _The narrative of this chapter is a further advance in the proof that the unbelief of the Jews was aggravated b...
The gospel according to John, chapter 11. Now we remember that John is carefully picking out certain incidents in the life of Jesus by which he might prove that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of the l...
1 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; Acts 5:28; Acts 5:38;...
Place and nation [τ ο ν τ ο π ο ν κ α ι τ ο ε θ ν ο ς]. Place, the temple and city (Acts 6:13; Acts 21:28; Matthew 24:15). Nation, the civil organization. See on 1 Peter
All men will believe — And receive him as the Messiah. And this will give such umbrage to the Romans that they will come and subvert both our place — Temple; and nation — Both our Church and state. We...