John 11:45–57

^45aTherefore many of the Jews ^bwho came to Mary, and ^csaw what He had done, believed in Him.

⁴⁶But some of them went to the ^aPharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

The Leaders Plot to Kill Jesus

⁴⁷Therefore ^athe chief priests and the Pharisees ^bgathered the ^1cSanhedrin together, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is doing many ^2dsigns.

⁴⁸“If we let Him go on like this, all will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our ^aplace and our nation.”

⁴⁹But one of them, ^aCaiaphas, ^bwho was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,

⁵⁰nor do you take into account that ^ait is better for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”

⁵¹Now he did not say this from himself, but ^abeing high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

⁵²and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also ^agather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

⁵³So from that day on they ^aplanned together to kill Him.

⁵⁴Therefore Jesus ^ano longer continued to walk openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city called ^bEphraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

⁵⁵Now ^athe Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the region before the Passover ^bto purify themselves.

⁵⁶So they ^awere seeking Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That He will not come to the feast at all?”

⁵⁷Now ^athe chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.