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John 11:51
Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
John 11:51 · Berean Standard Bible
John 11:51 in other translations
And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
Now he did not say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
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In context
48 If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
49 But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
50 You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
51 Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
52 and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
53 So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
54 As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
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