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John 11:47

Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

KJV

Συνήγαγον οὖν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συνέδριον, καὶ ἔλεγον· τί ποιοῦμεν, ὅτι οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος πολλὰ ποιεῖ σημεῖα;

Greek NT

Collegerunt ergo pontifices et pharisæi concilium, et dicebant : Quid facimus, quia hic homo multa signa facit ?

Vulgate

The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs.

ASV

The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council and said: What do we, for this man doth many miracles?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Φαρισαῖος
pharisaios
noun · 101×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
σημεῖον
semeion
noun · 77×
συνάγω
sunago
verb · 59×
συνέδριον
sunedrion
noun · 22×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ποιεῖ σημεῖα | WH/Treg/NIV: ποιεῖ σημεῖα | RP: σημεῖα ποιεῖ
  • ποιεῖ σημεῖαSBLGNT
  • ποιεῖ σημεῖαWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • σημεῖα ποιεῖRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§548The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him.269 To those who turn to him in faith, he grants what they ask.270 So miracles strengthen faith in the One who does his Father's works; they bear witness that he is the Son of God.271 But his miracles can also be occasions for "offence";272 they are not intended to satisfy people's curiosit…

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 6:13 — And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
  • Acts 2:22 — Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
  • Acts 4:2 — Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
  • Acts 4:5 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
  • Acts 4:16 — Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
  • Acts 5:17 — Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
  • Hab 2:12 — Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
  • John 2:11 — This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
  • John 3:2 — The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
  • John 11:57 — Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
  • John 12:10 — But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
  • John 12:19 — The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
  • John 15:24 — If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
  • Luke 22:2 — And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
  • Mark 14:1 — After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
  • Matt 2:3 — When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
  • Matt 5:22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but wh
  • Matt 5:22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but wh
  • Matt 21:38 — But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
  • Matt 26:3 — Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
  • Matt 26:3 — Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
  • Num 23:23 — Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
  • Ps 58:2 — Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
  • Ps 62:4 — They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.