John 12:10

Christian Standard Bible ®

But the chief priests had decided to kill Lazarus also,

Parallel Translations

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,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But the High-priests took counsel, that Lazarus also, they might put to death;

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

¹Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead. ²So they gave a dinner for him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him. ³Then Mary took a pound of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. ⁴Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was about to betray him), said, ⁵“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” ⁶He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it. ⁷Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of my burial. ⁸For you always have the poor with you, ⁹Then a large crowd of the Jews learned he was there. They came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, the one he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰But the chief priests had decided to kill Lazarus also,

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
The Lord said to Abram:

Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation,I will bless you,I will make your name great,and you will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you,I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt,and all the peoples on earthwill be blessed through you.

Genesis 12:4
So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

Genesis 12:8
From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to the Lord there, and he called on the name of the Lord.

Genesis 12:18
So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

Genesis 42:5
The sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 43:1
Now the famine in the land was severe.

Genesis 47:13
But there was no food in the entire region, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted by the famine.

Ruth 1:1
During the time of the judges, there was a famine in the land. A man left Bethlehem in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while.

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?