John 11:53

Ver. 53. “ From this day forth, therefore, they took counsel together to the end that they might put him to death. ” The therefore intimates that the proposition of Caiaphas was accepted (Luthardt), probably in silence and without the intervention of an official vote. From this day forward, a permanent conspiracy was organized against the life of Jesus. The daily conferences of His adversaries became, according to the expression of Lange, “meetings of Messianic murder.” There was no more hesitation as to the end; the indecision was henceforth only with reference to the time and the means. Such was the importance of this meeting and consequently, in an indirect way, that of the resurrection of Lazarus.