John 11:46–54

⁴⁶But some of them went away to the Pharisees and ^atold them the things Jesus did. ^47bThen the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, ^c“What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. ⁴⁸If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”

⁴⁹And one of them, ^dCaiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, ^50enor do you consider that it is expedient for ⁵us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.” ⁵¹Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, ⁵²and ^fnot for that nation only, but ^galso that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

⁵³Then, from that day on, they plotted to ^hput Him to death. ⁵⁴ⁱTherefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called ^jEphraim, and there remained with His disciples.