John 11:45-57 - The Jewish Leaders Plot To Kill Jesus
45 Then many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what Jesus had done, believed on him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
47 The chief priests and Pharisees therefore called the sanhedrim together, and said, What are we about? for this man is doing many miracles. 48 If we suffer him to go on thus, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come, and take away both our place and nation.
49 Then one particular person of them, Caiaphas, being the high-priest of that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing, 50 nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation be not destroyed. 51 And this he spake not from himself: but being the high-priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; 52 and not for that nation only, but that he should collect into one body the children of God wherever dispersed. 53 Then from that day they consulted together how they might kill him. 54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but went thence into the country bordering on the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he abode with his disciples.
55 Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, in order to purify themselves. 56 Then they sought for Jesus, and said one to another, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any person knew where he was, they should declare it, that they might apprehend him.