So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
Parallel translations
- WEB But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,
- KJV But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
- NKJV But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also,
- NASB But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also,
- NLT Then the leading priests decided to kill Lazarus, too,
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The chief priests plot to kill Lazarus too. They would silence the very evidence of Jesus' power.
Overview
The leaders extend their murderous intent to Lazarus, whose resurrection undermines their cause. Their plan reveals hardened unbelief, seeking to suppress undeniable testimony rather than submit to it. The irony is stark, for they would re-impose the death that Jesus had already overcome.
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- Luke 16:31Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
- Matt 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- John 11:47–53Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
- Gen 4:4–10while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
- Exod 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- John 11:57But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
- Dan 5:21–23He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.
- Job 15:25–26For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- Eccl 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- Matt 2:3–8When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Job 40:8–9Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
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