I knew that thou hearest me always, but I have said this on account of the people standing by, that they may believe that thou didst send me.”
John 12:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because on account of him many of the Jews were going away [were withdrawing from and leaving the Judeans] and believing in and adhering to Jesus. American Standard Version (1901) because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. Common English Bible It was because of Lazarus that many of the Jews had deserted them and come to believe in Jesus. Catholic Public Domain Version For many of the Jews, because of him, were going away and were believing in Jesus. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because many of the Jews, by reason of him, went away, and believed in Jesus. |
I knew that thou hearest me always, but I have said this on account of the people standing by, that they may believe that thou didst send me.”
Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him;
If we let him go on thus, every one will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation.”
The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.
Nevertheless many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
Yet many of the people believed in him; they said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted what was spoken by Paul, and reviled him.