John 11:42-52

42 "I knew that You always hear Me; but ¹because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that ²You sent Me."

43 When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth."

44 The man who had died came forth, ³bound hand and foot with wrappings, and ⁴his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."

45 ⁵Therefore many of the Jews ⁶who came to Mary, and ⁷saw what He had done, believed in Him.

46 But some of them went to the ⁸Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

Conspiracy to Kill Jesus

47 Therefore ⁹the chief priests and the Pharisees ¹⁰convened a ¹¹council, and were saying, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many ¹²signs.

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 ¹³place and our nation."

49 But one of them, ¹⁴Caiaphas, ¹⁵who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,

50 nor do you take into account that ¹⁶it 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 ¹⁷being 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 ¹⁸gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

Cross References

• 1. John 12:30; John 17:21
• 2. John 3:17
• 3. John 19:40
• 4. John 20:7
• 5. John 7:31
• 6. John 11:19; John 12:17
• 7. John 2:23
• 8. John 7:32, 45; John 11:57
• 9. John 7:32, 45; John 11:57
• 10. Matthew 26:3
• 11. Matthew 5:22
• 12. John 2:11
• 13. Matthew 24:15
• 14. Matthew 26:3
• 15. John 11:51; John 18:13
• 16. John 18:14
• 17. John 18:13
• 18. John 10:16

Footnotes

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