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John 11:50

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Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
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  1. John 18:14Rank 1 from verse 50
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    14Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

  2. Luke 24:46Rank 2 from verse 50
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    46And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

  3. John 19:12Rank 3 from verse 50
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    12And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cæsar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cæsar.

  4. Romans 3:8Rank 4 from verse 50
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    8And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

  5. John 11:48Rank 5 from verse 50
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    48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

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John 11:50

COMBINED MEANING

consider

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1. To think upon attentively; to examine or weigh. 2. To regard, observe, or take notice of.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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COMBINED MEANING

perish

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Sense 1: Of a living person or creature, to die, be killed, be destroyed, or be lost. Sense 2: Of a thing, condition, plan, thought, or work, to be ruined, decay, fail, vanish, or come to nothing.

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49And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

50Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

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51And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

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