John 11:45-54

45Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. 46But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a meeting of the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? For this man is doing many signs. 48If we allow him to continue like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our holy place and our nation.” 49But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You do not know anything, 50nor do you consider that it is better for us to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation perish.” 51(He said this not of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, 52and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the children of God scattered abroad.) 53So from that day they plotted together to kill him. 54Therefore Jesus no longer went around openly among the Jews. Instead, he departed from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he spent time with his disciples.