Joh 11:47-48 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 47. A council . A meeting of the Sanhedrim, or great council of the nation. . They claimed the right of regulating all the affairs of religion. . What do we ? What measures are we taking to arrest the progress of his sentiments? For this man doeth many miracles . If they admitted that he performed miracles , it was clear what they ought to do. They should have received him as the Messiah. It may be asked, If they really believed that he worked miracles, why did they not believe on him? To this it may be replied that they did not doubt that impostors might work miracles. See . To this opinion they were led, probably, by the wonders which the magicians performed in Egypt (Exodus chapters 7 & 8), and by the passage in . As they regarded the tendency of the doctrines of Jesus to draw off the people from the worship of God, and from keeping his law ( ), they did not suppose themselves bound to follow him, even if he did work miracles. (f) "gathered"

John 11:47-48

Verse 47. A council. A meeting of the Sanhedrim, or great council of the nation. Mt 2:4. They claimed the right of regulating all the affairs of religion. Jn 1:19.

What do we? What measures are we taking to arrest the progress of his sentiments?

For this man doeth many miracles. If they admitted that he performed miracles, it was clear what they ought to do. They should have received him as the Messiah. It may be asked, If they really believed that he worked miracles, why did they not believe on him? To this it may be replied that they did not doubt that impostors might work miracles. See Mt 24:24. To this opinion they were led, probably, by the wonders which the magicians performed in Egypt (Exodus chapters 7 & 8), and by the passage in De 13:1. As they regarded the tendency of the doctrines of Jesus to draw off the people from the worship of God, and from keeping his law (Jn 9:16), they did not suppose themselves bound to follow him, even if he did work miracles.

(f) "gathered" Ps 2:2 Verse 48. 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, Lk 23:2,3.

Will take away. This expression means to destroy, to ruin, to overthrow, Lk 8:12, Acts 6:13,14.

Our place. This probably refers to the temple, Acts 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 peculiar worship of God. This place was utterly destroyed by the Romans. Mt 24:1, and following.

And nation. The nation or people of the Jews.

(h) "all men" Jn 12:19