John 11:45-55

45 ¹Therefore many of the Jews ²who came to Mary, and ³saw what He had done, believed in Him.

46 But some of them went to the ⁴Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

Conspiracy to Kill Jesus

47 Therefore ⁵the chief priests and the Pharisees ⁶convened a ⁷council, and were saying, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many ⁸signs.

48 "If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our ⁹place and our nation."

49 But one of them, ¹⁰Caiaphas, ¹¹who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,

50 nor do you take into account that ¹²it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish."

51 Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but ¹³being 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 ¹⁴gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

53 So from that day on they ¹⁵planned together to kill Him.

54 Therefore Jesus ¹⁶no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called ¹⁷Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

55 Now ¹⁸the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover ¹⁹to purify themselves.

Cross References

• 1. John 7:31
• 2. John 11:19; John 12:17
• 3. John 2:23
• 4. John 7:32, 45; John 11:57
• 5. John 7:32, 45; John 11:57
• 6. Matthew 26:3
• 7. Matthew 5:22
• 8. John 2:11
• 9. Matthew 24:15
• 10. Matthew 26:3
• 11. John 11:51; John 18:13
• 12. John 18:14
• 13. John 18:13
• 14. John 10:16
• 15. Matthew 26:4
• 16. John 7:1
• 17. 2 Chr 13:19 mg
• 18. Matthew 26:1; Mark 14:1; Luke 22:1; John 2:13; John 12:1; John 13:1
• 19. Numbers 9:10; 2 Chronicles 30:17; John 18:28

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "attesting miracles"
• [b]. Lit "from himself"