JOHN 11:47 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.”
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. 'What are we accomplishing?' they asked. 'Here is this man performing many signs — the Sanhedrin convenes in response to the report about Lazarus, explicitly acknowledging that Jesus is performing many signs (sēmeia polla). Their question expresses frustration and urgency: they recognize the threat Jesus poses and the inability of their current responses to address it.
Church Fathers on John 11:47
Such a miracle as this should have drawn forth wonder and praise. But they make it a reason of plotting against His life: Then gathered the chief priests and, Pharisees a council, and said, What do we?
But they had no thought of believing. The miserable men only consulted how they might hurt and kill Him, not how themselves might be saved from death. What do we? For this Man does many miracles.
Him of whose divinity they had received such certain proofs, they call only a man.
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