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John 12:10

But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

KJV

ἐβουλεύσαντο δὲ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς ἵνα καὶ τὸν Λάζαρον ἀποκτείνωσιν,

Greek NT

Cogitaverunt autem principes sacerdotum ut et Lazarum interficerent :

Vulgate

But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;

ASV

But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Λάζαρος
lazaros
noun · 15×
βουλεύω
bouleuo
verb · 7×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
ἀποκτείνω
apokteino
verb · 74×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

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

1. On the day after tomorrow, Friday next, the liturgy of the Church is concentrated with particular adoration and love around the mystery of the Heart of Christ. Today, therefore, anticipating this day and this feast, already, together with you, I wish to turn the eyes of our hearts to the Mystery of that Heart. It has spoken to me ever since my youth. Every year I return to t…

Cross-references

  • 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,
  • Acts 12:19 — And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
  • Dan 5:21 — And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven
  • Dan 6:7 — All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever sh
  • Eccl 9:3 — This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, a
  • Exod 10:3 — And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
  • Gen 4:4 — And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
  • Job 15:25 — For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
  • Job 40:8 — Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
  • John 11:47 — Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
  • 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.
  • Luke 16:31 — And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
  • Luke 16:31 — And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
  • Matt 2:3 — When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
  • Matt 2:16 — Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and