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Selected Verse: John 11:48 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Joh 11:48	Strong Concordance	If [1437] we let [863] him [846] thus [3779] alone [863], all [3956] men will believe [4100] on [1519] him [846]: and [2532] the Romans [4514] shall come [2064] and [2532] take away [142] both [2532] our [2257] place [5117] and [2532] nation [1484].
	King James	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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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
All men - That is, all men among the Jews. The whole nation. And the Romans shall come - They were then subject to the Romans - tributary and dependent. Whatever privileges they had they held at the will of the Roman emperor. They believed, or feigned to believe, that Jesus was intending to set up a temporal kingdom. As he claimed to be the Messiah, so they supposed, of course, that he designed to be a temporal prince, and they professed to believe that this claim was, in fact, hostility to the Roman emperor. They supposed that it would involve the nation in war if he was not arrested, and that the effect would be that they would be vanquished and destroyed. It was on this charge that they at last arraigned him before Pilate, Luk 23:2-3. Will take away - This expression means to destroy, to ruin, to overthrow, Luk 8:12; Act 6:13-14. Our place - This probably refers to the temple, Act 6:13-14. It was called "the place" by way of eminence, as being the chief or principal place on earth - being the seat of the special worship of God. This place was utterly destroyed by the Romans. See the notes at Matt. 24. And nation - The nation or people of the Jews.

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

All men - That is, all men among the Jews. The whole nation.

And the Romans shall come - They were then subject to the Romans - tributary and dependent. Whatever privileges they had they held at the will of the Roman emperor. They believed, or feigned to believe, that Jesus was intending to set up a temporal kingdom. As he claimed to be the Messiah, so they supposed, of course, that he designed to be a temporal prince, and they professed to believe that this claim was, in fact, hostility to the Roman emperor. They supposed that it would involve the nation in war if he was not arrested, and that the effect would be that they would be vanquished and destroyed. It was on this charge that they at last arraigned him before Pilate, Luk 23:2-3.

Will take away - This expression means to destroy, to ruin, to overthrow, Luk 8:12; Act 6:13-14.

Our place - This probably refers to the temple, Act 6:13-14. It was called "the place" by way of eminence, as being the chief or principal place on earth - being the seat of the special worship of God. This place was utterly destroyed by the Romans. See the notes at Matt. 24.

And nation - The nation or people of the Jews.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Place and nation (τὸν τόπον καὶ τὸ ἔθνος) Place, the temple and city (Act 6:13; Act 21:28; Mat 24:15). Nation, the civil organization. See on Pe1 2:9; see on Luk 2:32. In the Sanhedrim were many devoted adherents of Rome, and the rest were well aware of the weakness of the national power.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
All men will believe - And receive him as the Messiah. And this will give such umbrage to the Romans that they will come and subvert both our place - Temple; and nation - Both our Church and state. Were they really afraid of this? Or was it a fair colour only? Certainly it was no more. For they could not but know, that he that raised the dead was able to conquer the Romans.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
All men will believe on him - If we permit him to work but a few more miracles like these two last (the cure of the blind man, and the resurrection of Lazarus) he will be universally acknowledged for the Messiah; the people will proclaim him king; and the Romans, who can suffer no government here but their own, will be so irritated that they will send their armies against us, and destroy our temple, and utterly dissolve our civil and ecclesiastical existence. Thus, under the pretense of the public good, these men of blood hide their hatred against Christ, and resolve to put him to death. To get the people on their side, they must give the alarm of destruction to the nation: if this man be permitted to live, we shall be all destroyed! Their former weapons will not now avail. On the subject of keeping the Sabbath, they had been already confounded; and his last miracles were so incontestable that they could no longer cry out, He is a deceiver. Both our place and nation - Literally, this place, τον τοπον: but that the temple only is understood is dear from Act 6:13, Act 6:14; 2 Maccabees 1:14; 2:18; 3:18; 5:16, 17; 10:7; where it is uniformly called the place, or the holy place, because they considered it the most glorious and excellent place in the world. When men act in opposition to God's counsel, the very evils which they expect thereby to avoid will come upon them. They said, If we do not put Jesus to death, the Romans will destroy both our temple and nation. Now, it was because they put him to death that the Romans burnt and razed their temple to the ground, and put a final period to their political existence. See Mat 22:7; and the notes on chap. 24.

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¹³ And [5037] set up [2476] false [5571] witnesses [3144], which said [3004], This [5127] man [444] ceaseth [3973] not [3756] to speak [2980] blasphemous [989] words [4487] against [2596] this [3778] holy [40] place [5117], and [2532] the law [3551]:
¹⁴ For [1063] we have heard [191] him [846] say [3004], that [3754] this [5126] Jesus [2424] of Nazareth [3480] shall destroy [2647] this [3778] place [5117], and [2532] shall change [236] the customs [1485] which [3739] Moses [3475] delivered [3860] us [2254].

¹² Those [1161] by [3844] the way side [3598] are [1526] they that hear [191]; then [1534] cometh [2064] the devil [1228], and [2532] taketh away [142] the word [3056] out of [575] their [846] hearts [2588], lest [3363] they should believe [4100] and be saved [4982].

² And [1161] they began [756] to accuse [2723] him [846], saying [3004], We found [2147] this [5126] fellow perverting [1294] the nation [1484], and [2532] forbidding [2967] to give [1325] tribute [5411] to Caesar [2541], saying [3004] that he himself [1438] is [1511] Christ [5547] a King [935].
³ And [1161] Pilate [4091] asked [1905] him [846], saying [3004], Art [1488] thou [4771] the King [935] of the Jews [2453]? And [1161] he answered [611] him [846] and said [5346], Thou [4771] sayest [3004] it.

³² A light [5457] to [1519] lighten [602] the Gentiles [1484], and [2532] the glory [1391] of thy [4675] people [2992] Israel [2474].

⁹ But [1161] ye [5210] are a chosen [1588] generation [1085], a royal [934] priesthood [2406], an holy [40] nation [1484], a peculiar [1519] [4047] people [2992]; that [3704] ye should shew forth [1804] the praises [703] of him who hath called [2564] you [5209] out of [1537] darkness [4655] into [1519] his [846] marvellous [2298] light [5457]:

¹⁵ When [3752] ye therefore [3767] shall see [1492] the abomination [946] of desolation [2050], spoken of [4483] by [1223] Daniel [1158] the prophet [4396], stand [2476] [2476] in [1722] the holy [40] place [5117], (whoso readeth [314], let him understand [3539]

²⁸ Crying out [2896], Men [435] of Israel [2475], help [997]: This [3778] is [2076] the man [444], that teacheth [1321] all [3956] men every where [3837] against [2596] the people [2992], and [2532] the law [3551], and [2532] this [5126] place [5117]: and [5037] further [2089] brought [1521] Greeks [1672] also [2532] into [1519] the temple [2411], and [2532] hath polluted [2840] this [5127] holy [40] place [5117].

⁷ But [1161] when the king [935] heard [191] thereof, he was wroth [3710]: and [2532] he sent forth [3992] his [846] armies [4753], and destroyed [622] those [1565] murderers [5406], and [2532] burned up [1714] their [846] city [4172].

¹⁴ For [1063] we have heard [191] him [846] say [3004], that [3754] this [5126] Jesus [2424] of Nazareth [3480] shall destroy [2647] this [3778] place [5117], and [2532] shall change [236] the customs [1485] which [3739] Moses [3475] delivered [3860] us [2254].