John 11:50
“Can't you see that it's better for you that one man die for the people so that the whole nation won't be destroyed?”
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49“You don't understand anything!” said Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
Cross References
Luke 24:46He told them, “It was written like this: the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and in his name
John 18:14Caiaphas was the one who had told the Jews, “It's better that one man die for the people.”
Romans 3:8Is it a case of, “Let's sin to bring about good”? That's what some people have slanderously accused us of saying. They should be rightly condemned!
Matthew Henry on John 11:46-57
The Consultation of the Pharisees; The Prophecy of Caiaphas; A Conspiracy against Christ. 45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. 46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. 47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our… Read the whole commentary →