John 11:53

John 11:53 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
• New International Version (NIV)So from that day on they plotted to take his life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then, from that day on, they plotted to put Him to death.

Context of John 11:53

51Now he did not say this by himself; but as the kohen gadol that year, he prophesied that Yeshua would die for the nation. 52And not for the nation only, but also so that He might gather together into one the scattered children of God. So from that day on, they plotted to kill Him. 54Therefore Yeshua no longer walked openly among the Judeans, but went from there to the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with His disciples. 55Now the Jewish Passover was near; and many people went up out of the regions to Jerusalem before Passover, to purify themselves.

John 11:53 word by word

ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνης οὖν τῆς ἡμέρας ἐβουλεύσαντο ἵνα ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτόν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• dayὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• they took counsel togetherσυμβουλεύωsumbouleuō · to consultG4823
• forἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• to putἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for John 11:53

• Nehemiah 4:16Also at that time I said to the people, “Let every man and his helper lodge inside Jerusalem, so they can be guards for us by night and workers by day.”
• Nehemiah 13:21But I warned them and said to them, “Why are you camping next to the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time they no longer came on the Shabbat.
• Psalms 113:2Blessed be the Name of Adonai from now and forever.
• Matthew 16:21From that time on, Yeshua began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and ruling kohanim and Torah scholars, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.
• Matthew 22:46No one was able to answer Him a word. Nor did anyone dare from that day on to question Him any longer.
• John 11:47So the ruling kohanim and Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. “What are we doing?” they asked. “This Man is performing many signs!
• Psalms 2:2The kings of earth set themselves up and rulers conspire together against Adonai and against His Anointed One :
• Psalms 31:13I am as forgotten as a dead man. I have become like a broken vessel.
• Psalms 71:10For my enemies speak against me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
• Mark 3:6The Pharisees went out right away with the Herodians and began plotting against Him, how they might destroy Him.
• Acts 5:33Now when they heard this, they became enraged and wanted to kill them.
• Acts 9:23When many days had passed, these Jewish people plotted to kill him—
• John 12:10So the ruling kohanim made plans to kill Lazarus also,
• Psalms 109:4In return for my love they are my accusers, but I am in prayer.
• Jeremiah 38:4Then the officials said to the king: “This man should now be put to death, since he demoralizes the men of war remaining in this city as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the shalom of this people, but calamity.”
• Matthew 26:59Now the ruling kohanim and all the Sanhedrin kept trying to get false testimony against Yeshua so they could put Him to death.

Commentaries on John 11:53

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 53They took counsel together - , they were of one accord in the business, and had fully made up their minds on the subject; and they waited only for a proper opportunity to put him to death.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 53They took counsel - The judgment of the high priest silenced opposition, and they began to devise measures to put him to death without exciting tumult among the people. Compare Matthew 26:5.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 47-53Verses 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 clear evidence of a principle of grace in the heart. The calamity we seek to escape by sin, we take the most effectual course to bring upon our own heads; as those do who think by opposing Christ's kingdom, to advance their own worldly interest. The fear…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 53-54When the Jewish leaders started planning to kill Jesus, Jesus responded carefully (11:54). He did not act in fear, but he acted wisely. He chose to leave the area for a time. Ephraim was a village about 19 kilometers (12 miles) north of Jerusalem. Jesus was safe there from the Sanhedrin but close enough to walk to the Passover feast that was happening soon (11:55).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 47-5447-54. What do we? for this man doeth many miracles--"While we trifle, 'this man,' by His 'many miracles,' will carry all before Him; the popular enthusiasm will bring on a revolution, which will precipitate the Romans upon us, and our all will go down in one common ruin." What a testimony to the reality of our Lord's miracles, and their resistless effect, from His bitterest enemies!Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings