Giovanni 12:11

11 perciocchè per esso molti de’ Giudei andavano, e credevano in Gesù.

Giovanni 12:11 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:11

Because that by reason of him
Of the miracle which was wrought upon him, in raising him from the dead, of which he was a living and an abiding witness:

many of the Jews went away;
not from Jerusalem only, but from the chief priests and Pharisees, and the rest of the Jews, that combined against Christ; they withdrew themselves from their party, and deserted them:

and believed on Jesus;
as the Messiah; so that they found their interest was decreasing and weakening every day, and that those on the side of Christ were increasing; and this they could not bear, and therefore consulted to take away the life of Lazarus, as well as Jesus; who they imagined, as long as he lived, would be a means of inducing persons to believe in Jesus as the Messiah: whereas if he was dead, the fact would be forgotten, or be more easily denied.

Giovanni 12:11 In-Context

9 Una gran moltitudine dunque de’ Giudei seppe ch’egli era quivi; e vennero, non sol per Gesù, ma ancora per veder Lazaro, il quale egli avea suscitato dai morti.

10 Or i principali sacerdoti preser consiglio d’uccidere eziandio Lazaro;

11 perciocchè per esso molti de’ Giudei andavano, e credevano in Gesù.

12 IL giorno seguente, una gran moltitudine, ch’era venuta alla festa, udito che Gesù veniva in Gerusalemme,

13 prese de’ rami di palme, ed uscì incontro a lui, e gridava: Osanna! benedetto sia il Re d’Israele, che viene nel nome del Signore.