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50 nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish.” 51 He did not say this on his own, but since he was high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, 52 and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 11:52 Dispersed children of God: perhaps the “other sheep” of Jn 10:16.

50 You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”(A)

51 He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, 52 and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.(B)

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