John 11:47-57
So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting and said, “What shall we do, since this man performs so many miracles? If we let him do this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our temple and our nation.” One of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You understand nothing, and do not consider how much it will be to your advantage if one man dies for the people, rather than the whole nation perish.” He did not say this himself, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, not only for the Jewish nation, but also to gather in one the children of God who were scattered abroad. From that day on, they decided to kill Jesus. So Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to a country near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples. The Jewish Passover was approaching, so many people went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to sanctify themselves. They were looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple, they discussed with one another, “What do you think? Is he coming to the festival? Now the chief priests and Pharisees had given a decree that if anyone knew where he was, they should let them know so that they could arrest him.