48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe in him, and the Romans will come and [a]take away both our place, and the nation.

49 [b]Then one of them named Caiaphas, which was the high Priest that same year, said unto them, Ye perceive nothing at all,

50 (A)Nor yet do you consider that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

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Footnotes

  1. John 11:48 That is, take away from us by force: for at that time, though the high Priest’s authority was greatly lessened and decayed, yet there was some kind of government left among the Jews.
  2. John 11:49 The raging and mad company of the false Church, persuade themselves that they cannot be in safety, unless he is taken away, who only upholdeth the Church: And so likewise judgeth the wisdom of the flesh in worldly affairs, which is governed by the spirit of giddiness or madness.

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