"Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should she…" — John 11:57

John 11:57 · KJV

“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

Verse 56

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?

John 11 — Context

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.

Cross References

Psalms 109:4

For my love they are my adversaries: but I {give myself unto} prayer.

John 8:59

Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

John 9:22

These {words} spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

John 10:39

Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

John 5:16-18

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.