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Soοὖνfromἀπ’that dayἐκείνης τῆς ἡμέραςthey plannedἐβουλεύσαντοtoἵναkillἀποκτείνωσινhim.αὐτόν
John 11:53
Study it in the app“So from that day they planned to kill him.”
With the Greek beneath
John 11:53, word by word
- that dayἡμέραςhēmeras
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appears- they plannedἐβουλεύσαντοebouleusanto
plan, resolve
Consider, plan, resolve.
Where else “ebouleusanto” appears- killἀποκτείνωσινapokteinōsin
kill
Kill.
Where else “apokteinōsin” appears
The context
52and not for the nation only, but so that he might also gather into one the children of God who are scattered.
53 · This verse (above)
54So Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.
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?