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norοὐδὲdo you considerλογίζεσθεthatὅτιit is betterσυμφέρειfor youὑμῖνthatἵναoneεἷςmanἄνθρωποςshould dieἀποθάνῃforὑπὲρthe people,τοῦ λαοῦandκαὶnotμὴthat the wholeὅλονnationτὸ ἔθνοςperish.”ἀπόληται
John 11:50
Study it in the app“nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish.””
With the Greek beneath
John 11:50, word by word
- do you considerλογίζεσθεlogizesthe
consider
To think that something is so.
Where else “logizesthe” appears- it is betterσυμφέρειsympherei
be useful
To be useful to someone.
Where else “sympherei” appears- oneεἷςheis
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “heis” appears- manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- should dieἀποθάνῃapothanēi
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apothanēi” appears- the peopleλαοῦlaou
people
A people, above all Israel, God's people.
Where else “laou” appears- that the wholeὅλονholon
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holon” appears- nationἔθνοςethnos
nation
A people with its own land, language and customs.
Where else “ethnos” appears- perishἀπόληταιapolētai
perish
To die, or be cut off from God forever.
Where else “apolētai” appears
The context
49But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,
50 · This verse (above)
51He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
To study John 11 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus do when he arrives at Lazarus's tomb and sees Mary and those with her weeping? (vv. 32-44)
2. What it means
Jesus tells Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life.” What does he ask her next, and how does she answer? (vv. 25-27)
3. How I live it
Jesus wept with those who wept (v. 35). How can you accompany someone who is grieving today?