John 11:48
Good News Translation
If we let him go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Roman authorities will take action and destroy our Temple and our nation!"

New Revised Standard Version
If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation.”

Contemporary English Version
If we don't stop him now, everyone will put their faith in him. Then the Romans will come and destroy our temple and our nation."

New American Bible
If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
If we let him alone so, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and take away our place and nation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If we let him alone so, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and take away our place and nation.

we let.

Acts 5:28,38-40 Saying: Commanding, we commanded you that you should not teach in this name. And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine: and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man upon us. . . .

all.

John 1:7 This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him.

Luke 8:12 And they by the way side are they that hear: then the devil cometh and taketh the word out of their heart, lest believing they should be saved.

Luke 11:52 Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves have not entered in: and those that were entering in, you have hindered.

1 Thessalonians 2:15,16 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men; . . .

and the.

Deuteronomy 28:50-68 A most insolent nation, that will shew no regard to the ancients, nor have pity on the infant, . . .

Daniel 9:26,27 And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall deny him shall not be his. And a people, with their leader, that shall come, shall destroy the city, and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation. . . .

Zechariah 13:7,8 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that cleaveth to me, saith the Lord of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand to the little ones. . . .

Zechariah 14:1,2 Behold the days of the Lord shall come, and thy spoils shall be divided in the midst of thee. . . .

Matthew 21:40-42 When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen? . . .

Matthew 22:7 But when the king had heard of it, he was angry: and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.

Matthew 23:35-38 That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar. . . .

Matthew 27:25 And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and upon our children.

Luke 19:41-44 And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying: . . .

Luke 21:20-24 And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand. . . .

Luke 23:28-31 But Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves and for your children. . . .

Context
The Plot to Kill Jesus
47The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council and said: What do we, for this man doth many miracles? 48If we let him alone so, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and take away our place and nation. 49But one of them, named Caiphas, being the high priest that year, said to them: You know nothing.…
Cross References
Matthew 22:9
Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage.

Matthew 24:15
When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand.

John 11:47
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