John 11:50

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • John 18:14 : 14 Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.
  • Luke 24:46 : 46 He 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 leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."
  • John 19:12 : 12 At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"
  • Rom 3:8 : 8 Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Those who say so are justly condemned.

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