John 18:14 meaning and explanation

Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.

John 18:14, Berean Standard Bible

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John the narrator pauses to remind readers of Caiaphas's earlier words in chapter 11, when the council worried that Jesus's popularity would provoke Rome. Caiaphas, the high priest that year, had told the assembled leaders that it was better for one man to die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.

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