John 11:49-51 NIV

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 11:47-53

11:47-53 The chief priests and Pharisees assembled the Sanhedrin: "What are we going to do?" they said, "because this man does many signs. If we leave him alone like this, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and will take away our place and will destroy our nation." One of them, called Caiaphas, who was High Priest for that year, said to them: "You are witless creatures. You do not think it out that it is to our good that one man should die for the people, rather than that the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 11:49

And one of them, named Caiaphas ,.... See Gill on Matthew 26:3 , See Gill on Luke 3:2 , See Gill on John 18:13 . being the high priest that same year ; the high priesthood originally was not annual, but for life; but towards the close of the second temple, it came into the hands of the king, to appoint who would to be high priest F15 Misn. Yebamot, c. 6. sect. 4. ; and it became venal; it was purchased with money; insomuch that they changed the priesthood once a twelve... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 11:50

Nor consider that it is expedient for us ,.... Priests, Levites, Pharisees, the sanhedrim, and ecclesiastical rulers of the people; who, as Caiaphas apprehended, must suffer in their characters and revenues, must quit their honourable and gainful posts and places, if Jesus went on and succeeded at this rate: wherefore it was most expedient and advantageous for them, which was the main thing to be considered in such a council, so he thought it was, that one man should die for the people,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 11:51

And this spake he not of himself ,.... Not of his own devising and dictating, but by the Spirit of God; as a wicked man sometimes may, and as Balaam did; the Spirit of God dictated the words unto him, and put them into his mouth; nor did he use them in the sense, in which the Holy Ghost designed them: but being high priest that year ; by his office he was the oracle of God, and was so esteemed by the people, and therefore a proper person to be made use of in this way; and especially... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:49

Caiaphas being the high priest that same year - By the law of Moses, Exodus 40:15 , the office of high priest was for life, and the son of Aaron's race always succeeded his father. But at this time the high priesthood was almost annual: the Romans and Herod put down and raised up whom they pleased, and when they pleased, without attending to any other rule than merely that the person put in this office should be of the sacerdotal race. According to Josephus, Ant. xviii. c. 3, the proper... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:50

Nor consider - Ye talk more at random than according to reason, and the exigencies of the case. There is a various reading here in some MSS. that should be noticed. Instead of ουδε διαλογιζεσθε , which we translate, ye do not consider, and which properly conveys the idea of conferring, or talking together, ουδε λογιζεσθε , neither do ye reason or consider rightly, is the reading of ABDL, three others, and some of the primitive fathers. Griesbach, by placing it in his inner margin, shows... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:51

This spake he not of himself - Wicked and worthless as he was, God so guided his tongue that, contrary to his intention, he pronounced a prophecy of the death of Jesus Christ. I have already remarked that the doctrine of a vicarious atonement had gained, long before this time, universal credit in the world. Words similar to these of Caiaphas are, by the prince of all the Roman poets, put in the mouth of Neptune, when promising Venus that the fleet of Aeneas should be preserved, and his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:49

Verse 49 49.Then one of them, named Caiaphas. It was a short consultation, for Caiaphas did not allow them to hesitate long. He holds out that there is but one way of purchasing safety, and that is, to slay an innocent man. To what a pitch of wickedness do men proceed, who, destitute of the fear of God, form their plans rather from the judgment of their flesh than from the word of God, and who confidently believe that they will derive advantage from that which is not permitted by the Author of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:51

Verse 51 51.Now he spoke this, not of himself. When the Evangelist says that Caiaphas did not speak this of himself, he does not mean that Caiaphas — like one who was mad, or out of his senses — uttered what he did not understand; for he spoke what was his own opinion. But the Evangelist means that a higher impulse guided his tongue, because God intended that he should make known, by his mouth, something higher than what occurred to his mind. Caiaphas, therefore, might be said, at that time, to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 11:1-57

7. Christ the Antagonist of death—a victory of love and power . The narrative of this chapter is a further advance in the proof that the unbelief of the Jews was aggravated by the greatness of the revelation. The issue of his sublime and culminating act of power, of his supreme and self-revealing work of transcendent tenderness and beauty, was a deeper and wilder passion of hatred. The evangelist completes his series of seven great miracles with one that in true and believing minds,... read more

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 11:47-53

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 11:49

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 11:50

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 11:51

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:49

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:50

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:51

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:49

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:51

The Pulpit Commentary - John 11:1-57

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