John 11:48

If we let him go on like this, all men will believe in him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and our nation.

Revised King James New Testament

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

47Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What should we do? for this man performs many miraculous signs.

49And one of them, named Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all,

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Cross References

Matthew 21:40Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?

Matthew 23:35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.

Luke 8:12Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes, and takes the word from their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

Luke 19:41And when he had come near, he beheld the city, and 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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