It is expedient that one man should die for the people — So God overruled his tongue, for he spake not of himself, by his own spirit only, but by the spirit of prophecy. And thus he gave unawares as clear a testimony to the priestly, as Pilate did to the kingly office of Christ.
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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.