John 11:48
Read John 11:48 Using Other Translations
What does John 11:48 mean?
If we let him thus alone
Going about from place to place, teaching the people, and doing
such miracles:
all men will believe on him;
the whole nation will receive him as the Messiah, and proclaim
him their king, and yield a cheerful obedience to all his
commands:
the Romans will come;
against us, with their powerful armies; interpreting the setting
him up as Messiah, to be an instance of rebellion against Caesar,
and his government:
and take away both our place and nation;
that is, will destroy the temple, their holy place, the place of
their religion and worship; and their city, the place of their
habitation, and lay waste their country; and take away from them
that little share of power and government they had, and strip
them both of their civil and religious privileges: the Persic
version renders it, "they will take away our place, and make a
decree against our religion".
