John 11:50 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:50

You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Cyril of Alexandria

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

Behold, the very thing of which we were speaking, the very thing which the Jews were secretly exercising themselves to bring into effect, this their high priest openly counsels them to do, even to kill the Christ; saying that it would be for the nation, although the nation was unjust. And he makes a true statement, his words being verified not by the perversity of the people, but by the power and wisdom of God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

It is expedient that one man should die for the people - So God overruled his tongue, for he spake not of himself, by his own spirit only, but by the spirit of prophecy. And thus he gave unawares as clear a testimony to the priestly, as Pilate did to the kingly office of Christ.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Nor consider - Ye talk more at random than according to reason, and the exigencies of the case. There is a various reading here in some MSS. that should be noticed. Instead of ουδε διαλογιζεσθε, which we translate, ye do not consider, and which properly conveys the idea of conferring, or talking together, ουδε λογιζεσθε, neither do ye reason or consider rightly, is the reading of ABDL, three others, and some of the primitive fathers. Griesbach, by placing it in his inner margin, shows that he thinks it bids fair to be the true reading.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1869)

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐδὲ	oude	nor	G3761 →
λογίζεσθε	logizesthe	consider you	G3049 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
συμφέρει	sumpherei	it is profitable	G4851 →
ὑμῖν	humin	for you	G4771 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
εἷς	heis	one	G1520 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	man	G444 →
ἀποθάνῃ	apothanē	may die	G599 →
ὑπὲρ	huper	for	G5228 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
λαοῦ,	laou	people,	G2992 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ὅλον	holon	all	G3650 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἔθνος	ethnos	nation	G1484 →
ἀπόληται.	apolētai	may perish.	G622 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
Luke 24:46
And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
leads to
- Isaiah 53:2–12
  He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- Isaiah 50:6
  I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- Luke 24:44
  Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets,…
- Luke 24:26–27
  Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
- Luke 24:7
  ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”
Through
Romans 3:8
Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
leads to
- Romans 6:1
  What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
- Romans 6:15
  What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
Through
John 18:14
Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.
leads to
- John 11:49–52
  But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!