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John 11:50
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You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
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John 11:50 in Other Translations
KJV
50
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
ESV
50
Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish."
NLT
50
You don’t realize that it’s better for you that one man should die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed.”
MSG
50
Can't you see that it's to our advantage that one man dies for the people rather than the whole nation be destroyed?"
CSB
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You're not considering that it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish."
John 11:50 In-Context
48
If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”
49
Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “You know nothing at all!
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You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
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He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation,
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and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.
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John 18:14
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