John 11:52 meaning and explanation

and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

John 11:52, Berean Standard Bible

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Caiaphas, the high priest, had just advised the Sanhedrin that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish. John reads his words as an unwitting prophecy: Jesus would die not only for Israel but also to gather into one the scattered children of God, a phrase echoing the diaspora and the prophets' hope of regathering.

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