John 11:47-53

English Standard Version

⁴⁷ So the chief priests and the Pharisees ^(A)gathered ^(B)the council and said, ^(C)“What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. ⁴⁸ If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and ^(D)the Romans will come and take away both our ^(E)place and our nation.” ⁴⁹ But one of them, ^(F)Caiaphas, ^(G)who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. ⁵⁰ Nor do you understand that ^(H)it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.” ⁵¹ He did not say this of his own accord, but ^(I)being high priest that year ^(J)he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, ⁵² and ^(K)not for the nation only, but also ^(L)to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³ So from that day on they ^(M)made plans to put him to death.