“So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.” But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.” He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,”
‭‭John‬ ‭11:47-51‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/jhn.11.47-51.esv

All,

This stands out because Caiaphas says, “Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.”  Caiaphas seems to get Jesus’s purpose here, but obviously forgets it later. The whole Old Testament points to Jesus’s purpose, but even the High Priest is either blinded by power or just doesn’t get it. Please pray that we and our friends seek to understand what the Bible says. Please pray for Melissa as she battles cancer.