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Now he didn`t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
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God's Sovereign Word
Commentators unanimously highlight that God can use even the wicked words of evil men to declare His divine plan. Caiaphas spoke with murderous intent, yet God sovereignly overruled his meaning to prophesy the atoning death of Jesus. This shows that God's purposes cannot be thwarted and that He can bring good out of the most sinful human actions.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Not of himself. Though he uttered what proved to be a true prophecy, it was accomplished in a way that he did not intend. He had …
Not of himself (αφ' εαυτου ουκ). Not wholly of himself, John means. There was more in what Caiaphas said than he understood. His l…
19th Century
Anglican
And this spake he not of himself.—There is a moral beauty in the Words, in spite of the diabolical intent with which they…
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Baptist
He did not understand his own words. He was saying a great deal more than he meant to say – for it was expedient – blessedly expedient – that Jesus…
16th Century
Protestant
Now he spoke this, not of himself. When the Evangelist says that Caiaphas did not speak this of himself, he does not mean that Ca…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And this spoke he not of himself not of his own devising and dictating, but by the Spirit of God; as a wicked man sometimes ma…
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There can hardly be a clearer discovery of the madness that is in the human heart, and of its desperate enmity against God, than what is recorded h…
13th Century
Catholic
After describing the death and resurrection of Lazarus, the Evangelist now describes the effect of his resurrection.
