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Verse	Translation	Text
Joh 11:53	King James	Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
they took council together to put him to death--Caiaphas but expressed what the party was secretly wishing, but afraid to propose. Jesus . . . walked no more openly among the Jews--How could He, unless He had wished to die before His time? near to the wilderness--of Judea. a city called Ephraim--between Jerusalem and Jericho.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

they took council together to put him to death--Caiaphas but expressed what the party was secretly wishing, but afraid to propose.

Jesus . . . walked no more openly among the Jews--How could He, unless He had wished to die before His time?

near to the wilderness--of Judea.

a city called Ephraim--between Jerusalem and Jericho.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
They took counsel - The judgment of the high priest silenced opposition, and they began to devise measures to put him to death without exciting tumult among the people. Compare Mat 26:5.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

They took counsel - The judgment of the high priest silenced opposition, and they began to devise measures to put him to death without exciting tumult among the people. Compare Mat 26:5.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
They took counsel together - Συνεβουλευσαντο, they were of one accord in the business, and had fully made up their minds on the subject; and they waited only for a proper opportunity to put him to death.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

They took counsel together - Συνεβουλευσαντο, they were of one accord in the business, and had fully made up their minds on the subject; and they waited only for a proper opportunity to put him to death.

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