49. One of them spoke up. His name was Caiaphas. He was high priest at that time. He said, "You don't know anything at all!
50. You don't realize what is good for you. It is better if one man dies for the people than if the whole nation is destroyed."
51. He did not say this on his own. But he was high priest at that time. So he told ahead of time that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation.
52. He also prophesied that Jesus would die for God's children scattered everywhere. He would die to bring them together and make them one.