New Testament · SCRIPTURE
John 11:50
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You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
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Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
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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.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
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.
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nor do you⁺ reckon that it is better for you⁺ that one man should die for the people, and the whole nation should not perish.”
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
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.”
49 But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
50 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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