John 12:10

But the chief priests took counsel, that they might also kill Lazarus,

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

In Context

9Now a large crowd from the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

11because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus. 1 The Triumphal Entry

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Cross References

Matthew 2:16Then Herod, seeing that he had been deceived by the wise men, was greatly enraged; and he sent and executed all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men.

John 11:47Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What are we doing? For this Man works many signs.

Matthew Henry on John 12:2-12

Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then… Read the whole commentary →

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