Johannes 18:14

14 Kajaphas aber war es, der den Juden geraten hatte, es sei nützlich, daß ein Mensch für das Volk sterbe.

Johannes 18:14 Meaning and Commentary

John 18:14

Now Caiaphas was he which gave council to the Jews
The chief priests and Pharisees, who met in council about Jesus, ( John 11:47-52 ) , the counsel he gave was,

that it was expedient that one man should die for the people;
and which advice was given out of ill will and malice to Christ, and to prevent, as he thought, the people of the Jews being destroyed by the Romans; though the words have a very good sense which he did not understand. The people Christ was to die for, was not all the, people of the world, nor only the people of the Jews, nor all of them; but all the elect of God, whom God has chosen for his special and peculiar people, and has given to Christ as such: these Christ were to die for, and did, not merely as a martyr, to confirm his doctrine to them, or as an example to teach them meekness, patience, and courage, but in the room and stead of them, as a surety for them; and it was expedient that he should, in such sense, die for them, because of his suretyship engagements, that he might make satisfaction to the law and justice of God, and procure the salvation of his people, and send forth the Spirit to make application of it to them.

Johannes 18:14 In-Context

12 Die Schar nun und der Oberste und die Diener der Juden nahmen Jesum und banden ihn;

13 und sie führten ihn zuerst hin zu Annas, denn er war Schwiegervater des Kajaphas, der jenes Jahr Hoherpriester war.

14 Kajaphas aber war es, der den Juden geraten hatte, es sei nützlich, daß ein Mensch für das Volk sterbe.

15 Simon Petrus aber folgte Jesu und der andere Jünger. Dieser Jünger aber war dem Hohenpriester bekannt und ging mit Jesu hinein in den Hof des Hohenpriesters.

16 Petrus aber stand an der Tür draußen. Da ging der andere Jünger, der dem Hohenpriester bekannt war, hinaus und sprach mit der Türhüterin und führte Petrus hinein.