¹⁴ Caiaphas was the one who had told the other Jewish leaders, “It’s better that one man should die for the people.”

⁴⁹ Caiaphas, who was high priest at that time,^[a] said, “You don’t know what you’re talking about! ⁵⁰ You don’t realize that it’s better for you that one man should die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed.”

⁵¹ He did not say this on his own; as high priest at that time he was led to prophesy that Jesus would die for the entire nation. ⁵² And not only for that nation, but to bring together and unite all the children of God scattered around the world.