45. Many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary saw what Jesus did. So they put their faith in him.
46. But some of them went to the Pharisees. They told the Pharisees what Jesus had done.
47. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What can we do?" they asked. "This man is doing many miraculous signs.
48. If we let him keep on doing this, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will come. They will take away our temple and our nation."
49. One of them spoke up. His name was Caiaphas. He was high priest at that time. He said, "You don't know anything at all!
50. You don't realize what is good for you. It is better if one man dies for the people than if the whole nation is destroyed."