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Verse 47. _THEN GATHERED THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES A_
_COUNCIL_] The Pharisees, as such, had no power to assemble councils;
and therefore only those are meant who were scribes or elders of...
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A COUNCIL - A meeting of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the
nation. See the notes at Matthew 2:4. They claimed the right of
regulating all the affairs of religion. See the notes at John 1:19.
WHAT...
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CHAPTER 11
_ 1. The Sickness of Lazarus Announced. (John 11:1 .)_
2. The Delayed Departure and the Death of Lazarus. (John 11:5 .)
3. The Arrival at Bethany. (John 11:17 .)
4. Weeping with Them Tha...
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THE RESULTS OF THE MIRACLE. The majority of the Jews who came to
comfort the sisters were convinced, but some remained hostile, and
gave information to the Pharisees. The chief priests, _i.e._ the
Sad...
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THE CHIEF PRIESTS THEREFORE AND THE PHARISEES GATHERED. COUNCIL.
The chief priests, including Caiaphas, the acting high priest, and
Annas, who had been high priest, as well as other great hierarchs,
w...
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ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
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The chief priests and Pharisees assembled the Sanhedrin: "What are we
going to do?" they said, "because this man does many signs. If we
leave him alone like this, all will believe in him, and the Roma...
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COUNCIL. Greek _sunedrion._ The Sanhedrin was the supreme national
court. See Matthew 5:22. It consisted of seventy-one members,
originating, according to the Rabbis, with the seventy elders, with
Mos...
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John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work
We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the
Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among
_Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
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_a council_ They summon a meeting of the Sanhedrin. Even the
adversaries of Jesus are being converted, and something decisive must
be done. The crisis unites religious opponents. The chief priests, wh...
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OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE SIGN...
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ΣΥΝΈΔΡΙΟΝ. They summon _a meeting_ of the Sanhedrin. Even the
adversaries of Jesus are being converted, and something decisive must
be done. The crisis unites religious opponents. The chief priests, w...
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Ver 47. Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council,
and said, What do we? for this man does many miracles. 48. If we let
him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans sh...
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_THE PLOT TO KILL JESUS -- JOHN 11:45-57:_ The miracle caused many to
believe in Jesus. Others went and told the Pharisees. The chief
priests and the Pharisees called the council together to discuss w...
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THEN GATHERED THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES A COUNCIL,— The
account which was given of Lazarus's resurrection raised the
indignation of the rulers to the highest pitch. They assembled the
sanhed...
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POLITICS AND MURDER
_Text 11:47-57_
47
The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and
said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs.
48
If we _let_ him thus alone, all me...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 11:45-57
The following is submitted as an Analysis of the passage which is to
be before us:—
In the closing section of John 11 we are shown the effects of the
a...
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Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and
said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
THEN - or, 'Therefore,' in consequence of the intelligence brought
them of this...
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25 The striking phrase "and the Life" is the clue to the great truth
here unfolded by our Lord. To His assertion that "Your brother will be
rising" Martha assents, for she knew that all would rise "at...
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A MEETING OF THE SANHEDRIN AGAINST JESUS. As in the synoptics, the
chief priests, i.e. the Sadducees, take a more prominent part than the
Pharisees in compassing the death of Jesus. Similarly in the A...
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WHAT DO WE?] i.e. Why are we doing nothing?...
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CHRIST THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
1-44. The raising of Lazarus. The last and greatest of the seven
'signs' recorded in this Gospel is related with such photographic
minuteness of detail, that it is...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 11
LAZARUS DIES 11:1-16
V1-2 A man called Lazarus was ill. He lived in Bethany. He had two
sisters, Mary and Martha. (M...
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[(3) LIFE, TRUTH, LIGHT, AND LOVE MORE FULLY MANIFESTED. CORRESPONDING
INCREASE OF THE UNBELIEF OF THE JEWS (_continued_).
(_b_)
_The council of the Jews. The decree of death against the Giver of
Li...
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CHAPTER 24
JESUS THE SCAPEGOAT.
“Many therefore of the Jews, which came to Mary and beheld that
which He did, believed on Him. But some of them went away to the
Pharisees, and told them the things wh...
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_The consequences of the miracle_....
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The Pharisees at once acted on the information, συνήγαγον …
συνέδριον. The chief priests, who were Sadducees, and the
Pharisees, their natural foes, but who together composed the supreme
authority, “c...
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THE INNOCENT FOR THE GUILTY
John 11:45-57
The friends of the family who had come to lament with them, were
disposed toward Jesus and believed; but the mere spectators hastened
with the news, to infla...
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Here we have the account of the last sign wrought by Jesus as recorded
by John, namely, the raising of Lazarus. Very beautiful in this
connection is the depiction of the sorrow of the sisters, and our...
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Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a (g) council, and
said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
(g) The Jews called the council sanhedrin: and the word that John uses
is Syne...
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_The chief priests... said: what do we? &c. as if they had said: why
are we so slow, so remiss, and indolent in our proceedings against
this man, when we daily see what numbers he draws after him by h...
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CONDEMNATORY VERDICT OF THE SANHEDRIN
John 11:47-54. “ _Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the
Sanhedrin_, _and continued to say_, _What shall we do_? _because this
man is performing many m...
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ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
Vv. 45-53.
1. The result of the miracle was the production of the desired faith,
not only in the sisters and the disciples, but also in many of the
Jews who h...
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“ _The chief priests and Pharisees therefore gathered an assembly,
and they said, What shall we do? For this man does many miracles._ 48.
_If we let him alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans...
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FIRST SECTION: 11:1-57. THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS.
No scene in this gospel is presented in so detailed and dramatic a
manner. There is none from which appears more distinctly the character
of Jesus...
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Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said,
What do we? For this man doeth many miracles. (48) If we let him thus
alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall co...
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The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a
little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for
it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
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47._Then the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled the council.
_Not less monstrous is the blindness of _the priests_, which is here
described. If they had not been exceedingly stupid and brutish,...
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We come now to the testimony which the Father renders to Jesus in
answer to His rejection. In this chapter the power of resurrection and
of life in His own Person are presented to faith. [40] But here...
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THEN GATHERED THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES A COUNCIL,.... They
convened the sanhedrim, the great council of the nation together, of
which they were some of the principal members:
AND SAID, WHA...
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Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said,
What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
Ver. 47. _Then gathered the chief priests_] Like unto this was the
Council of Tren...
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_Then gathered the chief priests_, &c. “The account which these men
gave of Lazarus's resurrection, raised the indignation of the rulers
to the highest pitch. They called a council forthwith, and afte...
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WHAT DO WE? to prevent his increasing influence....
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THEN GATHERED THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES A COUNCIL AND SAID,
WHAT DO WE? FOR THIS MAN DOETH MANY MIRACLES....
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THE COUNCIL OF THE JEWS CONCERNING CHRIST'S REMOVAL.
The prophecy of Caiaphas:...
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THE DEATH OF LAZARUS
(vs.1-27)
The raising of Lazarus in this chapter is a striking witness to the
fact that the plotting of the Jews to kill the Lord Jesus was vanity;
for He Himself is superior to...
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47-53 There can hardly be a more clear discovery of the madness that
is in man's heart, and of its desperate enmity against God, than what
is here recorded. Words of prophecy in the mouth, are not cl...
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The chief priests and Pharisees were a great part of that great
council amongst the Jews, which went under the name of the sanhedrim;
and this (probably) was the council they gathered; for, 1
THESSALO...
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John 11:47 Then G3767 priests G749 and G2532 Pharisees G5330 gathered
G4863 (G5627) council G4892 and G2532 said...
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‘The chief priests therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered a council
and said, “What are we going to do? For this man performs many
signs. If we let him thus alone all men will believe on him, and the...
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The most striking of all the miracles of Jesus has been performed, and
His manifestation of Himself to the world has ended. The effect is
proportionate. On the one hand, faith is awakened in the heart...
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John 11:47. THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES THEREFORE GATHERED A
COUNCIL, AND SAID, WHAT DO WE? FOR THIS MAN DOETH MANY SIGNS. Here,
probably for the first time in this Gospel, we read of a meetin...
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GATHERED A COUNCIL
(συνηγαγον συνεδριον). Second aorist active
indicative of συναγω and συνεδριον, the regular word
for the Sanhedrin (Matthew 5:22, etc.), only here in John. Here a
sitting or sessi...
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John 11
In selecting this word we are struck with the frequency of its
occurrence in this chapter. There is:
I. The "If" of wisdom. Jesus answered "If any man walk in the day, he
stumbleth not." The...
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John 11:47
The Retributive Character of Divine Justice
Observe:
I. That men who set what they foolishly count their interest against
their convictions determined to stifle the latter lest they shoul...
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Lazarus had been publicly raised from the dead. A great number of
persons saw the miracle, and there was never any question about its
having been wrought.
John 11:45. _Then many of the Jews which cam...
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CONTENTS: Raising of Lazarus. Enmity of the Pharisees against Jesus.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, disciples, Pharisees,
Thomas, Caiaphas.
CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ is the resurrection an...
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John 11:2. _It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment._
The allusion to this anointing is obscure. It could not be to the
similar occurrence in Luke 7., for that was a woman of the city;...
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MET WITH THE COUNCIL. They do not deny the miracles which Jesus has
done, but they think they must do something to stop him....
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_Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council_
THE SANHEDRIM
I. The NAME συνέδριον. Sanhedrin is more accurate than
Sanhedrim, though this is more frequently used, and means a sittin...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 11:47 COUNCIL. The Sanhedrin.
⇐ ⇔...
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"VER. 44. _And he that was dead came forth_, &c. The power of the
voice of Christ is made manifest, which instantly raised up the dead
man, so that the things spoken might be done.
_Grave-clothes_, bi...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 11:46. BUT SOME OF THEM, ETC.—It is possible to misjudge their
motives; but in view of John 19:22 and John 10:31 their action can
hardly be viewed as friendly....
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EXPOSITION
JOHN 11:1
7. _Christ the Antagonist of death—a victory of love and power_._
_The narrative of this chapter is a further advance in the proof that
the unbelief of the Jews was aggravated b...
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The gospel according to John, chapter 11.
Now we remember that John is carefully picking out certain incidents
in the life of Jesus by which he might prove that Jesus was the
Messiah, the Son of the l...
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Acts 4:16; Acts 4:17; Acts 4:27; Acts 4:28; Acts 4:5;...
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The chief priests. Of the Sadducean party. This should be constantly
kept in mind in reading both John's narrative and that of the
Synoptists. The Sadducees, represented by the chief priests, are the...
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What do we? — What? Believe. Yea, but death yields to the power of
Christ sooner than infidelity....