John 11:51 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:51

Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

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ASV

Now this he said not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;

KJV

And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

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Commentary

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Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 28.171-72 (253)

I think we learn from this that we say some things on our own, by ourselves, where there is no power that inspires us to speak. But there are other things that we say when some power prompts us (as it were), dictating what we say, even if we do not fall completely into a trance and lose full possession of our own faculties, but seem to understand what we say. Now, it is possible for us, while we understand what we say on our own, not to understand the meaning of the words that are spoken.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

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 Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Not of himself - Though he uttered what proved to be a true prophecy, yet it was accomplished in a way which he did not intend He had a wicked design. He was plotting murder and crime. Yet, wicked as he was, and little as he intended it, God so ordered it that he delivered a most precious truth respecting the atonement. Remark: 1. God may fulfill the words of the wicked in a manner which they do not wish or intend. 2. He may make even their malice and wicked plots the very means of accomplishing his purposes.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1869)

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τοῦτο	touto	This	G3778 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἀφ᾽	aph᾽	from	G575 →
ἑαυτοῦ	he'autou	himself	G1438 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
εἶπεν,	eipen	he said,	G2036 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ἀρχιερεὺς	archiereus	high priest	G749 →
ὢν	ōn	being	G1510 →
τοῦ	tou	on the	G3588 →
ἐνιαυτοῦ	eniautou	year	G1763 →
ἐκείνου	ekeinou	that	G1565 →
ἐπροφήτευσεν	eprophēteusen	he prophesied	G4395 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἔμελλεν	emellen	was about	G3195 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
ἀποθνῄσκειν	apothnēskein	to die	G599 →
ὑπὲρ	huper	for	G5228 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ἔθνους,	ethnous	nation,	G1484 →

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
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:18
  For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 2:22–24
  “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- Romans 5:19
  For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
- Galatians 3:13
  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
  It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
Through
Matthew 20:28
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
leads to
- Luke 22:27
  For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
- Hebrews 9:28
  so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
- Titus 2:14
  He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.