John 11:57

And the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if any one knew where he was, he should make it known to them, that they might take him.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.

In Context

56And they sought for Jesus; and they said one to another, in the temple: What think ye? that he will not come to the feast?

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Cross References

John 5:16And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him; because he had done these things on the sabbath.

John 9:22These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had decided, that if any one should confess him to be Messiah, they would expel him from the synagogue.

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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