Never was any thing spoken more diabolically: he regards not what was their duty, nor what was lawful for them to do; whether they might upon any pretence shed innocent blood, much more the blood of one whose life was spent in nothing but a going up and down in doing good; only, like a wretched politician, who was concerned for nothing but the people's safety, he saith not, it is lawful, but, it is expedient for us that one man, be he never so good, never so innocent and just, should die for the people, that is, to save the whole nation from destruction.
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John 11:50
50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.