That year — That memorable year, in which Christ was to die. It was the last and chief of Daniel's seventy weeks, the fortieth year before the destruction of Jerusalem, and was celebrated for various causes, in the Jewish history. Therefore that year is so peculiarly mentioned: Caiaphas was the high priest both before and after it. Ye know nothing — He reproves their slow deliberations in so clear a case.
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John 11:49
49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,