And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
Ver. 51. This he spake, not of himself] God spake through him, as through a trunk, or as the angel spake in Balaam's ass. Wholesome sugar may be found in a poisoned cane, a precious stone in a toad's head, a flaming torch in a blind man's hand.