John 11:51-53

New International Reader's Version

⁵¹ He did not say this on his own because he was high priest at that time. He prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation. ⁵² He also prophesied that Jesus would die for God’s children scattered everywhere. He would die to bring them together and make them one. ⁵³ So from that day on, the Jewish rulers planned to kill Jesus.