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And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said unto them, "Loose him, and let him go."
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Then many of the Jews who came to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed in Him.
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But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
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Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council and said, "What shall we do? For this man doeth many miracles.
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If we let him thus alone, all men will believe in him, and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation."
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And one of them named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, "Ye know nothing at all,
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nor consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not."
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And he spoke this not of himself, but, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
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and not for that nation only, but that also He should gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
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So from that day forth, they took counsel together to put Him to death.
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Jesus therefore walked no longer openly among the Jews, but went thence unto a region near the wilderness into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with His disciples.