John 11:50
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
Cross-references
In John 11:48, the leaders fear the Romans will destroy their nation; Caiaphas then proposes sacrificing Jesus to prevent that outcome, revealing the political motive behind his advice.
John 18:14 directly recalls Caiaphas's advice that one man should die for the people, explicitly linking the high priest's calculation to Jesus's arrest.
John 19:11 identifies the greater sin of the one who delivered Jesus — directly referring to Caiaphas's decision to hand him over.
John 16:7 uses the same 'expedient' term for Jesus's departure — contrasting Caiaphas's pragmatic reason with God's redemptive purpose.
In John 19:12, the Jewish leaders use political pressure—'friend of Caesar'—to force Jesus's death, echoing the same political expediency from Caiaphas's earlier advice.
Matthew 20:28 presents Jesus giving his life as a ransom for many — contrasting Caiaphas's cynical expediency with Christ's voluntary substitution.
Jonah's willingness to be thrown overboard to save the sailors prefigures the substitutionary death Caiaphas unwittingly proposes for Jesus.
Johanan proposes killing Ishmael to prevent Judah's remnant from perishing, a very similar 'kill one to save many' reasoning as Caiaphas uses for Jesus.
Paul in Romans 3:8 condemns the logic of doing evil for good, countering the utilitarian reasoning Caiaphas used to justify Jesus's death.
2 Corinthians 5:14 declares Christ died for all — echoing Caiaphas's 'one man die for the people' but giving it redemptive meaning.