Jesus raises a man from the dead, so the Pharisees and chief priests get together to double down on their efforts to kill him. Puzzling, to be sure. They must have been determined not to believe in Jesus. He told them the truth, but they did not believe. They considered Jesus dangerous - to themselves and to their country (v48). In fact, Jesus IS dangerous to the powers of darkness. "If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him". These could be the words of Satan himself.
But even though the high priest is trying to kill Jesus, God speaks a prophesy through His high priest: "You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish." Caiaphas did not realize that he was speaking the truth. He sought to remove a political threat. But God's truth cannot be silenced.
Romans 5:12-18 echoes this truth: "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men...But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! ... just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men."
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