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John 11:50

Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

KJV

οὐδὲ λογίζεσθε ὅτι συμφέρει ὑμῖν ἵνα εἷς ἄνθρωπος ἀποθάνῃ ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ μὴ ὅλον τὸ ἔθνος ἀπόληται.

Greek NT

nec cogitatis quia expedit vobis ut unus moriatur homo pro populo, et non tota gens pereat.

Vulgate

nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

ASV

Neither do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people and that the whole nation perish not.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαός
laos
noun · 144×
λογίζομαι
logizomai
verb · 40×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐδέ
oude
conjunction · 137×
συμφέρω
sumphero
verb · 17×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὅλος
olos
adjective · 109×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: λογίζεσθε | WH/Treg/NIV: λογίζεσθε | RP: διαλογίζεσθε
  • λογίζεσθεSBLGNT
  • λογίζεσθεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • διαλογίζεσθεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὑμῖν | WH/Treg/NIV: ὑμῖν | RP: ἡμῖν
  • ὑμῖνSBLGNT
  • ὑμῖνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἡμῖνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§596The religious authorities in Jerusalem were not unanimous about what stance to take towards Jesus.380 The Pharisees threatened to excommunicate his followers.381 To those who feared that "everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation", the high priest Caiaphas replied by prophesying: "It is expedient for you that one man s…

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
  • 2Sam 17:2 — And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
  • John 16:7 — Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
  • John 18:14 — Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
  • Jonah 1:12 — And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
  • Luke 24:46 — And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
  • Matt 20:28 — Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
  • Rom 3:8 — And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.