50 nor are you taking into account that (A)it is in your best interest that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish instead.” 51 Now he did not say this [a]on his own, but (B)as he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation; 52 and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also (C)gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day on they (D)planned together to kill Him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 11:51 Lit from himself

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

51 He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, 52 and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.(B) 53 So from that day on they plotted to take his life.(C)

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