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Izhibhalo Ezingcwele
UYohane 12:11
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanBible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
John 12:18, John 11:45, John 11:48, John 15:18-25, Acts 13:45, James 3:14-16
Reciprocal: Genesis 37:20 - and we 1 Kings 12:26 - Now shall Matthew 28:12 - General Luke 16:31 - neither Acts 9:42 - and many Acts 12:19 - commanded
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Because that by reason of him,.... Of the miracle which was wrought upon him, in raising him from the dead, of which he was a living and an abiding witness:
many of the Jews went away; not from Jerusalem only, but from the chief priests and Pharisees, and the rest of the Jews, that combined against Christ; they withdrew themselves from their party, and deserted them:
and believed on Jesus; as the Messiah; so that they found their interest was decreasing and weakening every day, and that those on the side of Christ were increasing; and this they could not bear, and therefore consulted to take away the life of Lazarus, as well as Jesus; who they imagined, as long as he lived, would be a means of inducing persons to believe in Jesus as the Messiah: whereas if he was dead, the fact would be forgotten, or be more easily denied.
