48if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'


In Context

45 Many, therefore, of the Jews who came unto Mary, and beheld what Jesus did, believed in him;

46 but certain of them went away unto the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did;

47 the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, 'What may we do? because this man doth many signs?

48 if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'

49 and a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, 'Ye have not known anything,

50 nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.'

John 11:48 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:48If we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:48"What are we accomplishing?" they asked. "Here is this man performing many miraculous signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:48If we let him alone so, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and take away our place and nation.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:48If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come, and take away both our place and nation.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:48If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.