John 11:50 u`mi/n {B}
The second person pronoun, which is strongly supported (î45, 66 B D L X al), is in accord with the tone of contempt represented by the closing words of ver. John 11:49. The omission of the pronoun from a and a few other witnesses may be accidental or under the influence of John 18:14.
Verse 50. _NOR CONSIDER_] Ye talk more at _random_ than according to _reason_, and the exigencies of the case. There is a various reading here in some MSS. that should be noticed. Instead of ουδε δια...
IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR US - It is better for us. Literally, “It is profitable for us.” THAT ONE MAN SHOULD DIE - Jesus they regarded as promoting sedition, and as exposing the nation, if he was successfu...
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...
NOR CONSIDER THAT IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR US. What was "expedient for us" was the main thing to consider. This required "one man to die for the people (_laos,_ Jewish race in its relation to God), that t...
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)...
NOR. Greek. _oude._ IT IS EXPEDIENT. it is to our interest. US. All the texts read "you". PEOPLE. Greek. _loos._ The word that expresses their relationship to God (Deuteronomy 14:2.Matthew 2:6;...
_expedient for us_ For us members of the Sanhedrin. But the better reading gives, _for_you half-hearted Pharisees. _that one man_ Literally, _in order that one man_; S. John's favourite particle point...
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...
ΛΟΓΊΖΕΣΘΕ (אABDL) for διαλογίζεσθε. The compound is very frequent in the Synoptists. 50. ΣΥΜΦΈΡΕΙ ὙΜΙ͂Ν. _It is expedient for_ YOU half-hearted Pharisees: ὑμῖν corresponds with the contemptuous ὑμεῖς...
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...
ΣΥΜΦΈΡΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΜΦΈΡΩ (G4851) быть полезным, выгодным; здесь: выгодно, благоприятно для кого-л. ΆΠΟΘΆΝΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΑΠΟΘΝΉΣΚΩ (G599) умирать. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) выражает с...
AND—CAIAPHAS, BEING THE HIGH-PRIEST THAT SAME YEAR, SAID, &C.— It is well known, that the high-priesthood among the Jews was not annual; but the manyrevolutions about this period might justify thepres...
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...
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. NOR CONSIDER THAT IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR US, THAT ONE MAN SHOULD DIE FOR THE PEO...
49 The high priest's prophecy is another clear indication of the overruling and sovereign power of God. His enemies fulfill His will even when they are most opposed to His plans and purpose, as they s...
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...
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...
NOR CONSIDER THAT IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR US... — This remarkable counsel has linked itself in St. John’s thoughts with the name of Caiaphas. He quotes it again in John 18:14. SHOULD DIE FOR THE PEOPLE, A...
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_....
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...
How great is the power of the Holy Ghost? From a wicked mind he brings forth the words of prophecy. And how great is the power attached to the pontifical dignity! For Caiphas having becoming high prie...
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...
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...
NOR CONSIDER THAT IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR US,.... Priests, Levites, Pharisees, the sanhedrim, and ecclesiastical rulers of the people; who, as Caiaphas apprehended, must suffer in their characters and rev...
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. Ver. 50. _That one man should die for the people_] A brutish and bloody sentenc...
_One of them, named Caiaphas_, &c. While some of the council seemed apprehensive of the danger of attempting any thing against Jesus, and, as is probable from John 12:42, urged the unlawfulness of wha...
IT IS EXPEDIENT; he thought it better that Jesus should be put to death, than that the nation should be ruined, as the rulers said it would be if the people should follow Christ....
THE COUNCIL OF THE JEWS CONCERNING CHRIST'S REMOVAL. The prophecy of Caiaphas:...
NOR CONSIDER THAT IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR US THAT ONE MAN SHOULD DIE FOR THE PEOPLE, AND THAT THE WHOLE NATION PERISH NOT....
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...
Never was any thing spoken more diabolically: he regards not what was their duty, nor what was lawful for them to do; whether they might upon any pretence shed innocent blood, much more the blood of o...
John 11:50 nor G3761 consider G1260 (G5736) that G3754 expedient G4851 (G5719) us G2254 that G2443 one...
‘But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being High Priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. Nor do you take account of the fact that it is expedient for you that one man should die for...
John 11:49-50. BUT A CERTAIN ONE OF THEM, NAMED CAIAPHAS, BEING HIGH PRIEST OF THAT YEAR, SAID UNTO THEM, YE KNOW NOTHING AT ALL, NOR CONSIDER THAT IT IS PROFITABLE FOR YOU THAT ONE MAN SHOULD DIE FOR...
THAT IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU (οτ συμφερε υμιν). Indirect discourse with present active indicative of συμφερω used with the ινα clause as subject. It means to bear together, to be profitable, with t...
John 11:49 Consider: I. This unscrupulous priest and his savage advice. Remember who he was: the high priest of the nation, with Aaron's mitre on his brow and centuries of illustrious traditions embo...
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;...
TO HAVE ONE MAN DIE FOR THE PEOPLE. He is saying it will be better to have one man die [to kill him], rather than have the Romans destroy the whole nation for making Jesus their King....
_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 11:50 THAT ONE MAN SHOULD DIE FOR THE PEOPLE invokes the memory of the Jewish martyrs who died fighting Rome in the time of the Maccabees (_2 Macc._ John 7
"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...
John 11:48; John 18:14; John 19:12; Luke 24:46; Romans 3:8...
People - nation [τ ο υ λ α ο υ - τ ο ε θ ν ο ς]. The former the theocratic nation, the people of God : the latter, the body politic. See on 1 Peter 2:9....
It is expedient that one man should die for the people — So God overruled his tongue, for he spake not of himself, by his own spirit only, but by the spirit of prophecy. And thus he gave unawares as c...