47Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
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Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 45-47)We have here an account of the consequences of this glorious miracle, which were as usual; to some it was a savour of life unto life, to others of death unto death. I. Some were invited by it, and induced to believe. Many of the Jews, when they saw the things that Jesus did, believed on him , and well they might, for it was an incontestable proof of his divine mission. They had often heard of his…
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