Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs. If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation." But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing, nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish." He did not say this on his own, but since he was high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God. So from that day on they planned to kill him. So Jesus no longer walked about in public among the Jews, but he left for the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and there he remained with his disciples. Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves. They looked for Jesus and said to one another as they were in the temple area, "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?" (Jn 11:45-56)
Jesus performed mighty deeds. They were the works of God. God worked in and through Jesus. Some of these who witnessed these events became believers ad they also followed him. They recognized good in the deeds of Jesus and thee believed in the source of Good.
Those who did not believe in him tried to interpret it differently till now. Some aid he was possessed others said that he was doing the mighty deeds through the leader of Satan. Now they were trying to annihilate him because they thought that greater evil follow his actions. How could evil come of good actions?
The non believers of Jesus gathered together to scheme his death. One of them even prophesied that it was better for him to die so that the nation might be saved. But God made use of their wicked scheme to bring good out of it. Jesus’ death became the source of salvation of the world.
