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The Desire of Ages
DA 537.1–539.3 • John 11:49-50; Psalm 2:1-2

“Priestly Plottings”

Spiritual Hardening, Political Expediency, and Unconscious Prophecy

Faced with the undeniable miracle of Lazarus’s resurrection, the Sanhedrin gathered in desperation. Rather than yielding to the Light, the leaders plotted Christ’s death. In his cynical counsel, Caiaphas unwittingly prophesied that one man should die for the people.

pp. 537–539 · 8 paragraphs

Holy Scripture

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John 11:49-50
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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, Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

Psalm 2:1-2
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Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed.

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