{If we let him thus alone} (ean aph(936d)en auton hout(9373)).
Condition of third class with ean and second aorist active
subjunctive of api(886d)i. "Suppose we leave him thus alone."
Suppose also that he keeps on raising the dead right here next
door to Jerusalem! {All will believe on him} (pantes
pisteusousin eis auton). Future active of pisteu(935c). The
inevitable conclusion, "all" (pantes), not just "some"
(	ines). as now. {And the Romans will come} (kai eleusontai
hoi R(936d)aioi). Another inevitable result with the future middle
of erchomai. Only if the people take Jesus as their political
Messiah ( 6:15 ) as they had once started to do. This is a
curious muddle for the rulers knew that Jesus did not claim to be
a political Messiah and would not be a rival to Caesar. And yet
they use this fear (their own belief about the Messiah) to stir
themselves to frenzy as they will use it with Pilate later. {And
take away both our place and our nation} (kai arousin h(886d)(936e) kai
ton topon kai to ethnos). Future active of air(935c), another
certain result of their inaction. Note the order here when
"place" (job) is put before nation (patriotism), for all the
world like modern politicians who make the fate of the country
turn on their getting the jobs which they are seeking. In the
course of time the Romans will come, not because of the leniency
of the Sanhedrin toward Jesus, but because of the uprising
against Rome led by the Zealots and they will destroy both temple
and city and the Sanhedrin will lose their jobs and the nation
will be scattered. Future historians will say that this fate came
as punishment on the Jews for their conduct toward Jesus.