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John 18:14 Cross-References
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“Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.”
John 18:14 (KJV)
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Commentary on John 18:14
John's parenthetical comment recalls Caiaphas's unwitting prophecy: "it was expedient that one man should die for the people" (συμφέρει ἕνα ἄνθρωπον ἀποθανεῖν ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ/sympherei hena anthrōpon apothanein hyper tou laou). The verb συμφέρει (sympherei) means "it is advantageous, profitable, beneficial"—cold political calculus. Caiaphas had spoken this at the Sanhedrin council after Lazarus's raising (John 11:49-50), arguing that sacrificing Jesus would prevent Roman crackdown on the Jewish nation.The preposition ὑπέρ (hyper, "for, in behalf of, instead of") can mean representation or substi...
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