John 11:50

New International Reader's Version

You don’t realize what is good for you. It is better if one man dies for the people than if the whole nation is destroyed.”

Cross References

Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to sin, poke it out and throw it away. Your eye is only one part of your body. It is better to lose an eye than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Luke 24:46

He told them, “This is what is written. The Messiah will suffer. He will rise from the dead on the third day.

John 11:48

If we let him keep on doing this, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will come. They will take away our temple and our nation.”

John 18:14

Caiaphas had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died for the people.

John 19:12

From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free. But the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are not Caesar’s friend! Anyone who claims to be a king is against Caesar!”

Romans 3:8

Why not say, “Let’s do evil things so that good things will happen”? Some people actually lie by reporting that this is what we say. They are the ones who will rightly be found guilty.