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Then many of the Iewes which came to Mary and had sene the thinges which Iesus dyd beleved on him.
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But some of them went their wayes to the Pharises and tolde them what Iesus had done.
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Then gadered the hye prestes and the Pharises a counsell and sayde: what do we? This ma doeth many miracles.
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Yf we let him scape thus all men will beleve on him and ye Romaynes shall come and take awaye oure countre and the people.
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And one of them named Cayphas which was the hieprest yt same yeare sayde vnto them: Ye perceave nothinge at all
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nor yet consider that it is expedient for vs that one man dye for the people and not that all the people perisshe.
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This spake he not of him selfe but beinge hye preste that same yeare he prophesied that Iesus shulde dye for the people
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and not for the people only but that he shuld gader to geder in one the chyldren of God which were scattered abroode.
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From that daye forth they held a counsell to geder for to put him to deeth.
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Iesus therfore walked no more opely amoge the Iewes: but wet his waye thence vnto a coutre nye to a wildernes into a cite called Ephraim and there hauted with his disciples.
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And the Iewes ester was nye at hand and many went out of the countre vp to Ierusalem before the ester to purify them selves.