John 11:50

Tree of Life Version

You don’t take into account that it is better for you that one man die for the people rather than for the whole nation to be destroyed.”

Cross References

John 18:14

Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Judean leaders that it was better for one man to die on behalf of the people.

Luke 24:46

and He said to them, “So it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day,

Romans 3:8

And why not say, “Let us do evil, so that good may come” — just as we are being slandered and as some claim that we say. Their condemnation is deserved!

John 19:12

Pilate tried to let Him go after this; but the Judean leaders cried out, saying, “If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar!”

John 11:48

If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our holy place and our nation.”

Matthew 5:29

And if your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away! It is better for you that one part of your body should be destroyed, than that your whole body be thrown into Gehenna.