Judgment in Baptism

⁴⁵Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him. ⁴⁶But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things Jesus did. ⁴⁷Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, "What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. ⁴⁸If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation." ⁴⁹And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all, ⁵⁰nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish." ⁵¹Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, ⁵²and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

^٤٥ فَكَثِيرُونَ مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاءُوا إِلَى مَرْيَمَ، وَنَظَرُوا مَا فَعَلَ يَسُوعُ، آمَنُوا بِهِ. ^٤٦وَأَمَّا قَوْمٌ مِنْهُمْ فَمَضَوْا إِلَى ٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ وَقَالُوا لَهُمْ عَمَّا فَعَلَ يَسُوعُ. ^٤٧فَجَمَعَ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ مَجْمَعًا وَقَالُوا: «مَاذَا نَصْنَعُ؟ فَإِنَّ هَذَا ٱلْإِنْسَانَ يَعْمَلُ آيَاتٍ كَثِيرَةً. ^٤٨إِنْ تَرَكْنَاهُ هَكَذَا يُؤْمِنُ ٱلْجَمِيعُ بِهِ، فَيَأْتِي ٱلرُّومَانِيُّونَ وَيَأْخُذُونَ مَوْضِعَنَا وَأُمَّتَنَا». ^٤٩فَقَالَ لَهُمْ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَهُوَ قَيَافَا، كَانَ رَئِيسًا لِلْكَهَنَةِ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّنَةِ: «أَنْتُمْ لَسْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ شَيْئًا، ^٥٠وَلَا تُفَكِّرُونَ أَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ لَنَا أَنْ يَمُوتَ إِنْسَانٌ وَاحِدٌ عَنِ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَلَا تَهْلِكَ ٱلْأُمَّةُ كُلُّهَا!». ^٥١وَلَمْ يَقُلْ هَذَا مِنْ نَفْسِهِ، بَلْ إِذْ كَانَ رَئِيسًا لِلْكَهَنَةِ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّنَةِ، تَنَبَّأَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَمُوتَ عَنِ ٱلْأُمَّةِ، ^٥٢وَلَيْسَ عَنِ ٱلْأُمَّةِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ لِيَجْمَعَ أَبْنَاءَ ٱللهِ ٱلْمُتَفَرِّقِينَ إِلَى وَاحِدٍ.