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.
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.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nor do you understand or reason out that it is expedient and better for your own welfare that one man should die on behalf of the people than that the whole nation should perish (be destroyed, ruined). American Standard Version (1901) nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. Common English Bible You don’t see that it is better for you that one man die for the people rather than the whole nation be destroyed.” Catholic Public Domain Version Nor do you realize that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the entire nation should not perish." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. |
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.
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,
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.”
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.
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!”
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!