The Betrayal of Jesus
John 18:14
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.
- KJV
- Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
- WEB
- Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.
- ASV
- Now Caiaphas was he that gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
- LSV
- and Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews that it is good for one man to perish for the people.
- YLT
- and Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews, that it is good for one man to perish for the people.
- DBY
- But it was Caiaphas who counselled the Jews that it was better that one man should perish for the people.
- DRC
- Now Caiphas was he who had given the counsel to the Jews: That it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
- GNV
- And Caiaphas was he, that gaue counsel to the Iewes, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀποθανεῖν (“to die”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀπολέσθαι (“to perish”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἀποθανεῖν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀποθανεῖν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀπολέσθαι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἦν δὲ Καϊάφας ὁ συμβουλεύσας τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὅτι συμφέρει ἕνα ἄνθρωπον ἀποθανεῖν ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ.
- RP2018
- Ἦν δὲ Καϊάφας ὁ συμβουλεύσας τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις, ὅτι συμφέρει ἕνα ἄνθρωπον ἀπολέσθαι ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἦν δὲ Καϊάφας ὁ συμβουλεύσας τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις, ὅτι συμφέρει ἕνα ἄνθρωπον ἀπολέσθαι ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ.
- SCR1894
- ην δε καιαφας ο συμβουλευσας τοις ιουδαιοις οτι συμφερει ενα ανθρωπον απολεσθαι υπερ του λαου
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- John 11:49–52But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all! You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”…
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