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John 11:49 (NIV)
Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “You know nothing at all!
John 11:50 (NIV)
You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
John 11:51 (NIV)
He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation,
John 11:52 (NIV)
and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.
John 11:53 (NIV)
So from that day on they plotted to take his life.
John 11:54 (NIV)
Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
John 11:55 (NIV)
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover.
John 11:56 (NIV)
They kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the festival at all?”
John 11:57 (NIV)
But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.
John 12:1 (NIV)
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
John 12:2 (NIV)
Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.
John 12:3 (NIV)
Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
John 12:4 (NIV)
But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected,
John 12:5 (NIV)
“Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages. ”
John 12:6 (NIV)
He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
John 12:7 (NIV)
“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.
John 12:8 (NIV)
You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.”
John 12:9 (NIV)
Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
John 12:10 (NIV)
So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
John 12:11 (NIV)
for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.
John 12:12 (NIV)
The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
John 12:13 (NIV)
They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! ” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!”
John 12:15 (NIV)
“Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.”
John 12:16 (NIV)
At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.
John 12:17 (NIV)
Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word.