John 11:50-52

The Plot to Kill Jesus

50 Nor do you understand that x it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish." 51 He did not say this of his own accord, but y being high priest that year z he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and a not for the nation only, but also b to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

  1. Cross References
    John 18:14
    It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.
  2. Cross References
    John 11:49
    But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 28:30
    And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall pu...
    Numbers 27:21
    And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, w...
    1 Samuel 23:9
    David knew that Saul was plotting harm against ...
    1 Samuel 30:7
    And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son ...
    Ezra 2:63
    The governor told them that they were not to pa...
    Nehemiah 7:65
    The governor told them that they were not to pa...
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 49:6
    He says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.
    1 John 2:2
    He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
  5. Cross References
    John 10:16
    And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
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