Joh 11:51 | RWP | e4.org | Not of himself ( αφ' εαυτου ουκ ). Not wholly of himself, John means. There was more in what Caiaphas said than he understood. His language is repeated in . Prophesied ( επροφητευσεν ). Aorist active indicative of προφητευω . But certainly unconscious prophecy on his part and purely accidental. Caiaphas meant only what was mean and selfish. That Jesus should die ( οτ εμελλεν Ιησους αποθνησκειν ). Imperfect active of μελλω in indirect discourse instead of the usual present retained after a secondary tense ( επροφητευσεν ) as sometimes occurs (see ).

‏ John 11:51

Not of himself ( αφ' εαυτου ουκ ). Not wholly of himself, John means. There was more in what Caiaphas said than he understood. His language is repeated in 18:14.

Prophesied ( επροφητευσεν ). Aorist active indicative of προφητευω. But certainly unconscious prophecy on his part and purely accidental. Caiaphas meant only what was mean and selfish.

That Jesus should die ( οτ εμελλεν Ιησους αποθνησκειν ). Imperfect active of μελλω in indirect discourse instead of the usual present retained after a secondary tense ( επροφητευσεν ) as sometimes occurs (see 2:25).