John 11:48

And if we thus let him alone, all the people will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away our place and our nation.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

47And the chief priests and Pharisees assembled together, and said: What shall we do? For this man worketh many signs.

49But, one of them, named Caiaphas, was the high priest of that year; and he said to them: Ye know not any thing.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:40When the lord of the vineyard, therefore, shall come; what will he do to those cultivators?

Matthew 23:35so that on you may come all the blood of the righteous, which hath been shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

Luke 8:12And those by the side of the path, are they that hear the word, and the enemy cometh and taketh the word out of their heart, that they may not believe and live.

Luke 19:41And as he drew near, and beheld the city, he wept over it:

Matthew Henry on John 11:46-57

The Consultation of the Pharisees; The Prophecy of Caiaphas; A Conspiracy against Christ. 45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. 46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. 47 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 come and take away both our… Read the whole commentary →

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