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Good News Translation

John 12:10

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too,

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;
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

1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, the man he had raised from death. 2 They prepared a dinner for him there, which Martha helped serve; Lazarus was one of those who were sitting at the table with Jesus. 3 Then Mary took a whole pint of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard, poured it on Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The sweet smell of the perfume filled the whole house. 4 One of Jesus' disciples, Judas Iscariot—the one who was going to betray him—said, 5 "Why wasn't this perfume sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?" 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would help himself from it. 7 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone! Let her keep what she has for the day of my burial. 8 You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me." 9 A large number of people heard that Jesus was in Bethany, so they went there, not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from death. 10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too,

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, "Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's home, and go to a land that I am going to show you.
Genesis 12:2
I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, But I will curse those who curse you. And through you I will bless all the nations."
Genesis 12:4
When Abram was seventy-five years old, he started out from Haran, as the Lord had told him to do; and Lot went with him.
Genesis 12:8
After that, he moved on south to the hill country east of the city of Bethel and set up his camp between Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There also he built an altar and worshiped the Lord .
Genesis 12:18
Then the king sent for Abram and asked him, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
Genesis 42:5
The sons of Jacob came with others to buy grain, because there was famine in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 43:1
The famine in Canaan got worse,
Genesis 47:13
The famine was so severe that there was no food anywhere, and the people of Egypt and Canaan became weak with hunger.
Ruth 1:1
Long ago, in the days before Israel had a king, there was a famine in the land. So a man named Elimelech, who belonged to the clan of Ephrath and who lived in Bethlehem in Judah, went with his wife Naomi and their two sons Mahlon and Chilion to live for a while in the country of Moab. While they were living there,

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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