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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

John 12:10

But the High-priests took counsel, that Lazarus also, they might put to death;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Lazarus;   Miracles;   Persecution;   Scofield Reference Index - Inspiration;   Thompson Chain Reference - Kindness-Cruelty;   Lazarus;   Malice;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Simon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lazarus;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Judgment, Last;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lazarus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Holy Spirit;   John, Gospel of;   Lazarus;   Martha;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Anointing (2);   Endurance;   Lazarus;   Martha ;   Mary;   Mount of Olives ;   Popularity ;   Seventy (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Lazarus ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bethany;   Martha;   Passover;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Lazarus;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But the chief priests had decided to kill Lazarus also,
King James Version (1611)
But the chiefe Priests consulted, that they might put Lazarus also to death,
King James Version
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
English Standard Version
So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well,
New American Standard Bible
But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also,
New Century Version
So the leading priests made plans to kill Lazarus, too.
Amplified Bible
So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus also,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;
Legacy Standard Bible
But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;
Berean Standard Bible
So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
Contemporary English Version
So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus.
Complete Jewish Bible
The head cohanim then decided to do away with El‘azar too,
Darby Translation
But the chief priests took counsel that they might kill Lazarus also,
Easy-to-Read Version
So the leading priests made plans to kill Lazarus too.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The hie Priestes therefore consulted, that they might put Lazarus to death also,
George Lamsa Translation
And the high priests were thinking of killing Lazarus also;
Good News Translation
So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too,
Lexham English Bible
So the chief priests decided that they would kill Lazarus also,
Literal Translation
But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus to death also,
American Standard Version
But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;
Bible in Basic English
Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;
Hebrew Names Version
But the chief Kohanim conspired to also put El'azar to death,
International Standard Version
So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus, too,Luke 16:31;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But the chief priests were minded to slay Loozar also,
Murdock Translation
And the chief priests deliberated about killing even Lazarus:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the hye priestes helde a councell, that they myght put Lazarus to death also,
English Revised Version
But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;
World English Bible
But the chief priests conspired to also put Lazarus to death,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But the chief priests consulted, how to kill Lazarus also.
Weymouth's New Testament
The High Priests, however, consulted together to put Lazarus also to death,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But the princis of prestis thouyten to sle Lazarus,
Update Bible Version
But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;
Webster's Bible Translation
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
New English Translation
So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,
New King James Version
But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also,
New Living Translation
Then the leading priests decided to kill Lazarus, too,
New Life Bible
The religious leaders of the Jews talked together about having Lazarus killed also.
New Revised Standard
So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death as well,
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also:
Revised Standard Version
So the chief priests planned to put Laz'arus also to death,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The hye prestes therfore held a counsell that they myght put Lazarus to deeth also
Young's Literal Translation
and the chief priests took counsel, that also Lazarus they may kill,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye hye prestes were aduysed to put Lazarus to death also:
Mace New Testament (1729)
for the chief priests had resolved to put even Lazarus to death;
Simplified Cowboy Version
Lazarus's fame had him on the radar of the church's head honchos. They planned to kill him too.

Contextual Overview

1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came unto Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from among the dead. 2 So they made for him a supper, there; and, Martha, was ministering, but, Lazarus, was one of them who were reclining with him. 3 Mary, therefore, taking a pound of pure nard perfume, very precious, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped, with her hair, his feet; and, the house, was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 ButJudas Iscariot, one of his disciples, he that was about to deliver him up, saith - 5 Why was, this perfume, not sold for three hundred denaries, and given unto the destitute? 6 Howbeit he said this, not that, for the destitute, he cared, but because, a thief, he was, and holding, the bag, used to carry away, what was cast therein. 7 Jesus, therefore, said - Let her alone, that, for the day of my burial, she may observe it; 8 For, the destitute, always, have ye with you, whereas, me, not always, have ye. 9 The great multitude of the Jews, therefore, got to know that he was, there, and came, not on account of Jesus only, but that, Lazarus also, they might see, whom he had raised from among the dead. 10 But the High-priests took counsel, that Lazarus also, they might put to death;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John 11:47-53, John 11:57, Genesis 4:4-10, Exodus 10:3, Job 15:25, Job 15:26, Job 40:8, Job 40:9, Ecclesiastes 9:3, Daniel 5:21-23, Matthew 2:3-8, Matthew 2:16, Luke 16:31

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:20 - and we 1 Kings 12:26 - Now shall Ecclesiastes 10:13 - beginning Daniel 6:7 - have consulted Matthew 28:12 - General Luke 19:39 - rebuke John 11:1 - Now John 11:53 - put John 12:2 - Lazarus John 15:24 - If Acts 5:17 - the high Acts 12:19 - commanded Hebrews 12:3 - contradiction

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
And Yahweh said unto Abram: Come thou on thy way, Out of thy land and out of the place of thy birth and out of the house of thy father, - Unto the land that I will show thee;
Genesis 12:2
That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;
Genesis 12:3
That I may bless them who bless thee, But him who maketh light of thee, will I curse, - So shall be, blessed in thee, all the families of the ground.
Genesis 12:4
And Abram came on his way, according to that which Yahweh had spoken unto him, and Lot came with him, - now, Abram, was seventy-five years old, when he came forth out of Haran.
Genesis 12:8
And he moved on from thence towards the hill country, on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, - with Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east, and bulk there an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.
Genesis 12:18
And Pharaoh called out to Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Wherefore didst thou not tell me, that she was, thy wife?
Genesis 42:5
Thus came in the sons of Israel, to buy corn in the midst of them that came - for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 43:1
But the famine, was severe in the land.
Genesis 47:13
But, bread, was there none in all the land, - for the famine was, very severe, - so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine,
Ruth 1:1
And it came to pass, in the days when the Judges administered justice, that there was a famine in the land, - and so a certain man went his way, out of Bethlehem-judah to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the chief priests,.... With the rest of the sanhedrim:

consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; as well as Jesus, and that for no other crime, but because he was raised from the dead by him; which shows what consciences these men had, and how horribly wicked they were; that they stopped at nothing, whereby they might satisfy their malice and envy, and secure their worldly interests and advantages.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That they might put Lazarus also to death - When men are determined not to believe the gospel, there is no end to the crimes to which they are driven. Lazarus was alive, and the evidence of his resurrection was so clear that they could not resist it. They could neither deny it, nor prevent its effect on the people. As it was determined to kill Jesus, so they consulted about the propriety of removing Lazarus first, that the number of his followers might be lessened, and that the death of Jesus might make less commotion. Unbelief stops at no crime. Lazarus was innocent; they could bring no charge against him; but they deliberately plotted murder rather than believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 12:10. Consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death. — As long as he lived they saw an incontestable proof of the Divine power of Christ; therefore they wished to put him to death, because many of the Jews, who came to see him through curiosity, became converts to Christ through his testimony. How blind were these men not to perceive that he who had raised him, after he had been dead four days, could raise him again though they had slain him a thousand times?


 
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