John 11:50

KJV1611 – Modern English

Nor do you consider that it is better for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.

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  • John 18:14 : 14 Now Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
  • Luke 24:46 : 46 And said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day:
  • John 11:48 : 48 If we let him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.
  • John 19:12 : 12 And from then on Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.
  • Rom 3:8 : 8 And why not say, (as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say,) 'Let us do evil that good may come'? Their condemnation is just.

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