Giovanni 12:11

11 perché, per cagion sua, molti de’ Giudei andavano e credevano in Gesù.

Giovanni 12:11 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:11

Because that by reason of him
Of the miracle which was wrought upon him, in raising him from the dead, of which he was a living and an abiding witness:

many of the Jews went away;
not from Jerusalem only, but from the chief priests and Pharisees, and the rest of the Jews, that combined against Christ; they withdrew themselves from their party, and deserted them:

and believed on Jesus;
as the Messiah; so that they found their interest was decreasing and weakening every day, and that those on the side of Christ were increasing; and this they could not bear, and therefore consulted to take away the life of Lazarus, as well as Jesus; who they imagined, as long as he lived, would be a means of inducing persons to believe in Jesus as the Messiah: whereas if he was dead, the fact would be forgotten, or be more easily denied.

Giovanni 12:11 In-Context

9 La gran folla dei Giudei seppe dunque ch’egli era quivi; e vennero non solo a motivo di Gesù, ma anche per vedere Lazzaro che egli avea risuscitato dai morti.

10 Ma i capi sacerdoti deliberarono di far morire anche Lazzaro,

11 perché, per cagion sua, molti de’ Giudei andavano e credevano in Gesù.

12 Il giorno seguente, la gran folla che era venuta alla festa, udito che Gesù veniva a Gerusalemme,

13 prese de’ rami di palme, e uscì ad incontrarlo, e si mise a gridare: Osanna! Benedetto colui che viene nel nome del Signore, il Re d’Israele!