Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 11:47
What do we? — What? Believe. Yea, but death yields to the power of Christ sooner than infidelity.
What do we? — What? Believe. Yea, but death yields to the power of Christ sooner than infidelity.
Verse 47. _THEN GATHERED THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES A_ _COUNCIL_] The Pharisees, as such, had no power to assemble councils; and therefore only those are meant who were scribes or elders of...
A COUNCIL - A meeting of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the nation. See the notes at Matthew 2:4. They claimed the right of regulating all the affairs of religion. See the notes at John 1:19. WHAT...
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...
THE CHIEF PRIESTS THEREFORE AND THE PHARISEES GATHERED. COUNCIL. The chief priests, including Caiaphas, the acting high priest, and Annas, who had been high priest, as well as other great hierarchs, w...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
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...
COUNCIL. Greek _sunedrion._ The Sanhedrin was the supreme national court. See Matthew 5:22. It consisted of seventy-one members, originating, according to the Rabbis, with the seventy elders, with Mos...
_a council_ They summon a meeting of the Sanhedrin. Even the adversaries of Jesus are being converted, and something decisive must be done. The crisis unites religious opponents. The chief priests, wh...
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...
ΣΥΝΈΔΡΙΟΝ. They summon _a meeting_ of the Sanhedrin. Even the adversaries of Jesus are being converted, and something decisive must be done. The crisis unites religious opponents. The chief priests, w...
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...
ΣΥΝΉΓΑΓΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΝΆΓΩ (G4863) собираться, созывать вместе, ΣΥΝΈΔΡΙΟΝ (G4892) синедрион, высший совет, который состоял из наиболее могущественных и влиятельных лидеров того времени (TDN...
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...
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. THEN - or, 'Therefore,' in consequence of the intelligence brought them of this...
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...
WHAT DO WE?] i.e. Why are we doing nothing?...
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...
[(3) LIFE, TRUTH, LIGHT, AND LOVE MORE FULLY MANIFESTED. CORRESPONDING INCREASE OF THE UNBELIEF OF THE JEWS (_continued_). (_b_) _The council of the Jews. The decree of death against the Giver of Li...
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 Pharisees at once acted on the information, συνήγαγον … συνέδριον. The chief priests, who were Sadducees, and the Pharisees, their natural foes, but who together composed the supreme authority, “c...
_The consequences of the miracle_....
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...
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a (g) council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. (g) The Jews called the council sanhedrin: and the word that John uses is Syne...
_The chief priests... said: what do we? &c. as if they had said: why are we so slow, so remiss, and indolent in our proceedings against this man, when we daily see what numbers he draws after him by h...
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...
“ _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...
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...
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...
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...
47._Then the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled the council. _Not less monstrous is the blindness of _the priests_, which is here described. If they had not been exceedingly stupid and brutish,...
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...
THEN GATHERED THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES A COUNCIL,.... They convened the sanhedrim, the great council of the nation together, of which they were some of the principal members: AND SAID, WHA...
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. Ver. 47. _Then gathered the chief priests_] Like unto this was the Council of Tren...
_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...
WHAT DO WE? to prevent his increasing influence....
THEN GATHERED THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES A COUNCIL AND SAID, WHAT DO WE? FOR THIS MAN DOETH MANY MIRACLES....
THE COUNCIL OF THE JEWS CONCERNING CHRIST'S REMOVAL. The prophecy of Caiaphas:...
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...
The chief priests and Pharisees were a great part of that great council amongst the Jews, which went under the name of the sanhedrim; and this (probably) was the council they gathered; for, 1 THESSALO...
John 11:47 Then G3767 priests G749 and G2532 Pharisees G5330 gathered G4863 (G5627) council G4892 and G2532 said...
‘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 11:47. THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES THEREFORE GATHERED A COUNCIL, AND SAID, WHAT DO WE? FOR THIS MAN DOETH MANY SIGNS. Here, probably for the first time in this Gospel, we read of a meetin...
The most striking of all the miracles of Jesus has been performed, and His manifestation of Himself to the world has ended. The effect is proportionate. On the one hand, faith is awakened in the heart...
GATHERED A COUNCIL (συνηγαγον συνεδριον). Second aorist active indicative of συναγω and συνεδριον, the regular word for the Sanhedrin (Matthew 5:22, etc.), only here in John. Here a sitting or sessi...
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;...
MET WITH THE COUNCIL. They do not deny the miracles which Jesus has done, but they think they must do something to stop him....
_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 11:47 COUNCIL. The Sanhedrin. ⇐ ⇔...
"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...
Acts 4:16; Acts 4:17; Acts 4:27; Acts 4:28; Acts 4:5;...
The chief priests. Of the Sadducean party. This should be constantly kept in mind in reading both John's narrative and that of the Synoptists. The Sadducees, represented by the chief priests, are the...