John 11:49-50

The Plot to Kill Jesus

49 But one of them, v Caiaphas, w who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all. 50 Nor do you understand that x it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish."

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 26:3
    Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas.
  2. Cross References
    John 11:51
    He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation.
    John 18:13
    First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
  3. Cross References
    John 18:14
    It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.
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