John 11:48 “If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then…”

John 11:48

If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

World English Bible

If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

American Standard Version

If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.

Geneva Bible 1599

If we let him thus alone, all men will beleeue in him, and the Romanes will come and take away both our place, and the nation.

Darby Translation

If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.

Young's Literal Translation

if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'

Bible in Basic English

If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.

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Cross references

“we let”

Acts 5:28 Acts 5:38–40

Acts 5:28 · BSB

“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

Acts 5:38–40 · BSB

So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.

“all”

Luke 8:12 Luke 11:52 John 1:7 1 Thessalonians 2:15 1 Thessalonians 2:16

Luke 8:12 · BSB

The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

Luke 11:52 · BSB

Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

John 1:7 · BSB

He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

1 Thessalonians 2:15 · BSB

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

1 Thessalonians 2:16 · BSB

hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

“and the”

Matthew 23:35–38 Matthew 27:25 Deuteronomy 28:50–68 Matthew 21:40–42 Matthew 22:7 Luke 21:20–24

Matthew 23:35–38 · BSB

And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Matthew 27:25 · BSB

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Deuteronomy 28:50–68 · BSB

a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

Matthew 21:40–42 · BSB

Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

Matthew 22:7 · BSB

The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

Luke 21:20–24 · BSB

But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

47Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.

49But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

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