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John 12:10
So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the chief priests' reaction immediately after a large Jewish crowd gathers in Jerusalem to see both Jesus and the resurrected Lazarus.
The words — ἐβουλεύσαντο (ebouleusanto) translates literally as "took counsel" or "made plans," while ἀρχιερεῖς (archiereis) identifies the religious leadership initiating the scheme.
The thread — This pattern of political and religious plotting against divine figures appears in Matthew 2:16, where Herod orders a massacre after being deceived, and in Luke 16:31, where hardened unbelief persists despite miraculous signs.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to recognize that proximity to Jesus and his miracles often intensifies opposition rather than producing obedience.
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The Greek words
King James Version
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
Cross-references
- Luke 16:31 Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
- Genesis 4:4 while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
- Matthew 2:16 When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- John 11:47 Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
- Exodus 10:3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Job 15:25 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- Job 40:8 Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
- Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- Daniel 5:21 He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.
- Matthew 2:3 When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.