King James Version
John 12:10 in the King James Version says “But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;” — study this verse from John chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;”
John 12:10 · KJV
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“consulted”
G1011to advise, i.e., (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve
“the chief priests”
G749the high-priest (literally, of the jews; typically, christ); by extension a chief priest
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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