John 11:50

New International Version

You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

Cross References

Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body 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 and rise from the dead on the third day,

John 11:48

If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”

John 18:14

Caiaphas was the one who 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 no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”

Romans 3:8

Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is just!