48
If we let him go on, pretty soon everyone will be believing in him and the Romans will come and remove what little power and privilege we still have."
48
If we let Him continue in this way, everybody will believe in Him! Then the Romans will come and remove both our place and our nation."
John 11:48 In-Context
46
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. “What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs.
48
If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”
49
Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “You know nothing at all!
50
You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”