John 11:47-52 Then the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and they said, "What are we to do about the fact that this man is showing so many signs?

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴⁷ Then the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and they said, "What are we to do about the fact that this man is showing so many signs? ⁴⁸ If we let him go on, everybody will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and put an end to our holy place and our people." ⁴⁹ But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, ⁵⁰ "You know nothing about it. You do not realize that it is to your interest that one man should die for the people, instead of the whole nation being destroyed." ⁵¹ Now he was not self-moved in saying this, but as high priest for that year he was inspired to say that Jesus was to die for the nation— ⁵² and not only for the nation but also for the purpose of uniting the scattered children of God.