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They are mighty who would 45 Then many of the Jews who had come to
destroy me, Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did,
Being my enemies wrongfully; believed in Him. But some of them went
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Though I have stolen nothing, away to the Pharisees and told them the
I still must restore it. things Jesus did. Then the chief priests and
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the Pharisees gathered a council and said,
Proverbs 17:18–19
“What shall we do? For this Man works many
18 A man devoid of understanding shakes signs. If we let Him alone like this, everyone
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hands in a pledge, will believe in Him, and the Romans will come
And becomes surety for his friend. and take away both our place and nation.”
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19 He who loves transgression loves strife, And one of them, Caiaphas, being high
And he who exalts his gate seeks priest that year, said to them, “You know noth-
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destruction. ing at all, nor do you consider that it is expe-
dient for us that one man should die for the
John 11:30–57 people, and not that the whole nation should
perish.” Now this he did not say on his own
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30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town,
but was in the place where Martha met Him. authority; but being high priest that year he
31 Then the Jews who were with her in the prophesied that Jesus would die for the
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house, and comforting her, when they saw nation, and not for that nation only, but also
that Mary rose up quickly and went out, fol- that He would gather together in one the chil-
lowed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to dren of God who were scattered abroad.
weep there.”
32 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was,
and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying
to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my broth- 11:50 one man should die for the people.
er would not have died.”
Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, in order to spare their own positions and
33 He only meant that Jesus should be executed
and the Jews who came with her weeping, He nation from Roman reprisals, but Caiaphas
groaned in the spirit and was troubled. And unwittingly used sacrificial, substitutionary
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He said, “Where have you laid him?” language and prophesied the death of Christ
They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” for sinners.
Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how
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He loved him!” 11:51 he prophesied. Caiaphas did not realize
And some of them said, “Could not this
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Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also uttered blasphemy against Christ,God parodied
have kept this man from dying?” his statement into truth (Ps. 76:10).The respon-
Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself,
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came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone belonged to Caiaphas, but God’s providence
lay against it. Jesus said, “Take away the directed the choice of words so as to express
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the heart of God’s glorious plan of salvation
stone.” (Acts 4:27,28).He actually was used by God as a
Martha, the sister of him who was dead, prophet because he was the high priest and
said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a originally the high priest was the means of
stench, for he has been dead four days.” God’s will being revealed (2 Sam.15:27).
Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if
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you would believe you would see the glory of
God?” Then they took away the stone from the 53 Then, from that day on, they plotted to put
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place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus Him to death. Therefore Jesus no longer
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lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You walked openly among the Jews, but went from
that You have heard Me. And I know that You there into the country near the wilderness, to
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always hear Me, but because of the people who a city called Ephraim, and there remained
are standing by I said this, that they may believe with His disciples.
that You sent Me.” Now when He had said 55 And the Passover of the Jews was near,
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these things, He cried with a loud voice, and many went from the country up to Jerusa-
“Lazarus, come forth!” And he who had died lem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
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came out bound hand and foot with grave- 56 Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among
clothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. themselves as they stood in the temple, “What
Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.” do you think—that He will not come to the
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