11:45 マリアのところに来て、イエスのなさったことを目撃したユダヤ人の多くは、イエスを信じた。

11:46 しかし、中には、ファリサイ派の人々のもとへ行き、イエスのなさったことを告げる者もいた。

11:47 そこで、祭司長たちとファリサイ派の人々は最高法院を召集して言った。「この男は多くのしるしを行っているが、どうすればよいか。

11:48 このままにしておけば、皆が彼を信じるようになる。そして、ローマ人が来て、我々の神殿も国民も滅ぼしてしまうだろう。」

11:49 彼らの中の一人で、その年の大祭司であったカイアファが言った。「あなたがたは何も分かっていない。

11:50 一人の人間が民の代わりに死に、国民全体が滅びないで済む方が、あなたがたに好都合だとは考えないのか。」

11:51 これは、カイアファが自分の考えから話したのではない。その年の大祭司であったので預言して、イエスが国民のために死ぬ、と言ったのである。

11:52 国民のためばかりでなく、散らされている神の子たちを一つに集めるためにも死ぬ、と言ったのである。

11:53 この日から、彼らはイエスを殺そうとたくらんだ。

11:54 それで、イエスはもはや公然とユダヤ人たちの間を歩くことはなく、そこを去り、荒れ野に近い地方のエフライムという町に行き、弟子たちとそこに滞在された。

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11:45 Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.

11:46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things Jesus did.

11:47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, "What shall we do? For this Man works many signs.

11:48 "If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation."

11:49 And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,

11:50 "nor 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."

11:51 Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

11:52 and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

11:53 Then, from that day on, they plotted to put Him to death.

11:54 Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there remained with His disciples.

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11:45 Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw what Jesus did, and they believed in him.

11:46 But some of them returned to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

11:47 So the Pharisees and the chief priests met with the Council and said, "What shall we do? Look at all the miracles this man is performing!

11:48 If we let him go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Roman authorities will take action and destroy our Temple and our nation!"

11:49 One of them, named Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said, "What fools you are!

11:50 Don't you realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people, instead of having the whole nation destroyed?"

11:51 Actually, he did not say this of his own accord; rather, as he was High Priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish people,

11:52 and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.

11:53 From that day on the Jewish authorities made plans to kill Jesus.

11:54 So Jesus did not travel openly in Judea, but left and went to a place near the desert, to a town named Ephraim, where he stayed with the disciples.