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Jean 11:47

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47 Alors les principaux sacrificateurs et les pharisiens assemblèrent le sanhédrin, et dirent: Que ferons-nous? car cet homme fait beaucoup de miracles.

Jean 11:47 Meaning and Commentary

John 11:47

Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a
council
They convened the sanhedrim, the great council of the nation together, of which they were some of the principal members:

and said, what do we?
that is, why is nothing done? why are we so dilatory? why do we sit still, and do nothing? or what is to be done? this now lies before us, this is to be considered and deliberated on:

for this man doth many miracles;
this is owned, and could not be denied by them; and should have been a reason why they should have acknowledged him to have been the Messiah, and embraced him; whereas they used it as a reason, why they should think of, and concert some measures, to hinder and put a stop to the belief of him as such.

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Jean 11:47 In-Context

45 Plusieurs donc d'entre les Juifs qui étaient venus voir Marie, et qui avaient vu ce que Jésus avait fait, crurent en lui.
46 Mais quelques-uns d'entre eux s'en allèrent vers les pharisiens, et leur rapportèrent ce que Jésus avait fait.
47 Alors les principaux sacrificateurs et les pharisiens assemblèrent le sanhédrin, et dirent: Que ferons-nous? car cet homme fait beaucoup de miracles.
48 Si nous le laissons faire, tout le monde croira en lui; et les Romains viendront, et ils détruiront et ce lieu et notre nation.
49 Mais Caïphe, l'un d'entre eux, qui était souverain sacrificateur de cette année-là, leur dit: Vous n'y entendez rien;
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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