nordo you take into accountthat it is expedientfor you that onemandiefor the people,and that the wholenationnot perish."
"Ifyour righteyemakes you stumble,tearit out and throwit from you; for it is betterfor you to loseoneof the partsof your body, thanfor your wholebodyto be throwninto hell.
and He saidto them, "Thusit is written,that the Christwould sufferand rise againfrom the deadthe thirdday,
"Ifwe letHim [go on] like this,all menwill believein Him, and the Romanswill comeand take awaybothour placeand our nation."
NowCaiaphaswas the one who had advisedthe Jewsthat it was expedientfor onemanto dieon behalfof the people.
As a resultof thisPilatemade effortsto releaseHim, but the Jewscriedout saying,"Ifyou releasethis Man,you are nofriendof Caesar;everyonewho makeshimselfout [to be] a kingopposesCaesar."
And why not [say] (as we are slanderously reportedand as someclaimthat we say),"Let us doevilthat goodmay come"? Their condemnationis just.
