Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

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Bible References

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Matthew 26:57
Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) had gathered [illegally] together.
John 11:50
Nor do you understand that it is expedient and politically advantageous for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”