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Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

Τοῦτο δὲ ἀφ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ οὐκ εἶπεν, ἀλλὰ ἀρχιερεὺς ὢν τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐκείνου, προεφήτευσεν ὅτι ἔμελλεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀποθνῄσκειν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἔθνους,