King James Version
John 11:57 in the King James Version says “Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should she...” — study this verse from John chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
John 11:57 · KJV
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“had given”
G1325to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the chief priests”
G749the high-priest (literally, of the jews; typically, christ); by extension a chief priest
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the Pharisees”
G5330a separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a pharisean, i.e., jewish sectary
“if”
G1437a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
“knew”
G1097to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
“he should shew”
G3377to disclose (through the idea of mental effort and thus calling to mind), i.e., report, declare, intimate
“it that”
G3704what(-ever) how, i.e., in the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual)
“they might take”
G4084to squeeze, i.e., seize (gently by the hand (press), or officially (arrest), or in hunting (capture))
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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