John 11:49-50
49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,
50 nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.
It was a simple math equation.
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all, nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish." Using a quotation like this from Scripture to support your position is ridiculous, when you consider that "the whole nation" in question (Israel) actually did perish despite Caiaphas' statement that it would be expedient for one man to die so that the whole nation would not. One generation did not pass before Jerusalem was sacked by the Romans (in 70 AD), and the Israelites scattered throughout the world at the time.