John 18:14 — Community Reflections

JOHN 18:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.”

Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it is better for one person to die for the people — John immediately introduces Caiaphas' prophecy (also in 11:49-52), establishing that the high priest unwittingly speaks truth about substitutionary atonement. The advice-counsel (symbouleuō) to sacrifice one for national preservation echoes Israelite scapegoat theology (Leviticus 16) and later developed into Christian understanding of vicarious atonement. John highlights how worldly political reasoning unknowingly articulates salvation history.

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Lessons in obedience — John 18

God is faithful in every circumstance.. His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully...