49 [a]Then one of them named Caiaphas, which was the high Priest that same year, said unto them, Ye perceive nothing at all,

50 (A)Nor yet do you consider that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

51 [b]This spake he not of himself: but being high Priest that same year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation:

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Footnotes

  1. John 11:49 The raging and mad company of the false Church, persuade themselves that they cannot be in safety, unless he is taken away, who only upholdeth the Church: And so likewise judgeth the wisdom of the flesh in worldly affairs, which is governed by the spirit of giddiness or madness.
  2. John 11:51 Christ doth sometimes so turn the tongues, even of the wicked, that in cursing, they bless.

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