James Tissot (ca. 1886-1894)
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Compare Matthew 26:1-5; Mark 11:18; 14:1-2; Luke 19:47-48; 22:1-2
It’s the miracle of the raising of Lazarus — far too spectacular and far too public to be ignored — that seems to have finally impelled the Jewish leadership in Jerusalem to seek Jesus’ life.
For some background on Caiaphas’s comment that “it is expedient that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish,” see here.
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