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The chief priests took counsel (ebouleusanto hoi archiereis). First aorist middle indicative of bouleuō, old verb, seen already in Joh 11:53 which see. The whole Sanhedrin (Joh 7:32) had decided to put Jesus to death and had asked for information concerning him (Joh 11:57) that might lead to his arrest, but the Sadducees were specially active now to accomplish the death of Lazarus also (hina with first aorist active subjunctive of apokteinō as in Joh 11:53). Perhaps they argued that, if they should kill both Jesus and Lazarus, then Lazarus would remain dead. The raising of Lazarus has brought matters to a crisis. Incidentally, it may be observed that here we may see the reason why the Synoptics do not tell the story of the raising of Lazarus, if he was still living (cf. the case of Malchus’s name in Joh 18:10).