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|And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

|And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

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|And the dead man come out, his feet and hands still bound with strips of burial cloth, and his face still wrapped with a burial napkin. Jesus told them, "Untie him and let him go."

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|Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

|Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

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|Then many of the Jews who visited Mary, and saw the things which He did, believe in Him.

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|But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

|But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

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|But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them the things that Jesus had done.

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|Think about this for a minute! How hard-hearted do you have to be to continue to plot against a man who just raised the dead? There is certainly no Biblical justification for thinking that Satan could do this, so what reasoning would Jews have for rejecting Jesus after this? Somewhere, deep inside, they have to know beyond any reasonable doubt that they are fighting God, but they just don't care. Wow.

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|Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

|Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

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|Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a leadership meeting, and said, "What are we going to do when this man performs so many of miracles?

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|There are two words worth noting in this sentence. The word translated "called, gathered" is the verb form of the noun usually translated "synagogue," indicating this was an official, formal meeting. Second, the word translated "council, leadership meeting" is the word usually translated "Sanhedrin," which is the ruling religious council of the Jewish faith. So these were THE top leaders of Israel, serving as senior priests, prosecutors, judges, and ruling civil government. And short of death sentences, the Romans let them do just about anything they wanted to do, just so long as it did not interfere with what the Romans were doing. So at this point, opposition to Jesus has just become OFFICIAL Jewish religious and civil policy.

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|If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

|If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

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|If we let Him keep doing this stuff, everyone will eventually believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our position and our nation."

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|The concern expressed here indicates they would loose their POLITICAL positions as well as their nation, so they were concerned first and foremost about how Jesus was going to cause them to loose their POWER. Interesting, considering the prophecy given to Mary that Jesus would cause the rise or fall of many in Israel. That is exactly what they were worried was going to happen.

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|And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

|And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

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|Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year, said to them, "You don't know anything!

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|Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

|Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

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|You don't realize that it is better for you that one man dies for the people so that the whole nation does not perish?

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|A little textual side note: P45, P66, Vaticanus and Bezae Rescriptus say "better for YOU," while Alexandrinus and most of the Byzantine family say "better for US." Sinaiticus doesn't have a pronoun (it just says "it is better"). P75 is damaged in that spot. The only real difference is whether Caiaphas was including himself in the group, or speaking to the rest of them as separate from himself. Note that P45 (a papyrus I have not mentioned up to now), thought now to be a middle to late second century document, and is most notable as the oldest collection of Paul's letters, does contain a few pages of the gospels, although most of the gospel pages are missing.

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