John 11:48

“If we let him thus alone, etc.] Going about from place to place, teaching the people, and doing such miracles: all men will believe on him; the whole nation will receive him as the Messiah, and proclaim him their king, and yield a cheerful obedience to all his commands: the Romans will come; against us, with their powerful armies; interpreting the setting him up as Messiah, to be an instance of rebellion against Caesar, and his government: and take away both our place and nation; that is, will destroy the temple, their holy place, the place of their religion and worship; and their city, the place of their habitation, and lay waste their country; and take away from them that little share of…”

“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…”

“All men will believe - And receive him as the Messiah. And this will give such umbrage to the Romans that they will come and subvert both our place - Temple; and nation - Both our Church and state. Were they really afraid of this? Or was it a fair colour only? Certainly it was no more. For they could not but know, that he that raised the dead was able to conquer the Romans. John 11:49”

“11:48 The council’s deliberations unveiled their fears that everyone would believe in him. If people believed that the Messiah had come, the political implications would be threatening. The Romans viewed Jewish messiahs with suspicion, and the movement surrounding Jesus might inspire them to invade and destroy Jerusalem and its Temple.”

“we let: Act 5:28, Act 5:38-40 all: Joh 1:7; Luk 8:12, Luk 11:52; Th1 2:15, Th1 2:16 and the: Deut. 28:50-68; Dan 9:26, Dan 9:27; Zac 13:7, Zac 13:8, Zac 14:1, Zac 14:2; Mat 21:40-42, Mat 22:7; Mat 23:35-38, Mat 27:25; Luk 19:41-44, Luk 21:20-24, Luk 23:28-31 John 11:49”