11 ⁴⁵ NOW MANY of the Jews who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did, put their faith in him. 11 ⁴⁶ But some of them went off to the Pharisees and reported what he had done.
11 ⁴⁷ Thereupon the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a meeting of the Council. 'What action are we taking?' they said. 'This man is performing many signs. 11 ⁴⁸ If we leave him alone like this the whole populace will believe in him. Then the Romans will come and sweep away our temple and our nation.' 11 ⁴⁹ But one of them, Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said, 'You know nothing whatever; 11 ⁵⁰ you do not use your judgement; it is more to your interest that one man should die for the people, than that the whole nation should be destroyed.' 11 ⁵¹ He did not say this of his own accord, but as the High Priest in office that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation— 11 ⁵² would die not for the nation alone but to gather together the scattered children of God. 11 ⁵³ So from that day on they plotted his death.