John 11:47 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:47

Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.

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ASV

The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs.

KJV

Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

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Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 7 (444)

Of course the Pharisees also cease to wonder and are turned to grief, and when they see Him stronger than death, they take counsel to kill Him. Not considering His unspeakable authority, but thinking of Him as a mere man, they said: What do we? for this Man doeth many signs. Although they ought rather to have believed from this that He was indeed the Christ, of Whom the inspired Scripture had previously proclaimed in many places that He would be a Worker of many signs.

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

A council - A meeting of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the nation. See the notes at Mat 2:4. They claimed the right of regulating all the affairs of religion. See the notes at Joh 1:19. What do we? - What measures are we taking to arrest the progress of his sentiments? For this man doeth many miracles - If they admitted that he performed miracles, it was clear what they ought to do. They should have received him as the Messiah.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

These concluding verses of the eleventh chapter of John contain a melancholy picture of human nature. As we turn away from Jesus Christ and the grave at Bethany, and look at Jerusalem and the rulers of the Jews, we may well say, "Lord, what is man?" We should observe, for one thing, in these verses, the desperate wickedness of man's natural heart. A mighty miracle was wrought within an easy walk of Jerusalem. A man four days dead was raised to life, in the sight of many witnesses.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Συνήγαγον	Sunēgagon	Gathered	G4863 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ἀρχιερεῖς	archiereis	chief priests	G749 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
Φαρισαῖοι	Pharisaioi	Pharisees	G5330 →
συνέδριον	sunedrion	a council	G4892 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔλεγον·	elegon	they were saying;	G3004 →
τί	ti	What	G5101 →
ποιοῦμεν,	poioumen	are we to do?	G4160 →
ὅτι	hoti	For	G3754 →
οὗτος	houtos	this	G3778 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	man	G444 →
πολλὰ	polla	many	G4183 →
ποιεῖ	poiei	does	G4160 →
σημεῖα;	sēmeia	signs!	G4592 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 2:11
Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
leads to
- John 20:30–31
  Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.
- John 1:14
  The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 3:2
  He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were…
- John 6:2
  A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.
- John 6:14
  When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
Through
Matthew 26:3
At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
leads to
- John 11:47–53
  Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
- John 18:24
  Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
- Mark 14:54
  Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the officers and warmed himself by the fire.