Not on his own
This may be one of the most fascinating verses in the Bible. We already know God doesn’t mind having an ass speak for him (Num 22:28) but here is something even more strange; God opens the mouth of the man who is planning to kill his son, and has him prophesy. Surely this means God will work with anyone or anything to get his message out. Caiaphas doesn’t know it but he is speaking God words. There is a word of warning here: I should be ready to hear God from anyone, even someone I know is working against him. My ears have to tune in to heaven and the only way to do that is to listen to the Holy Spirit while I’m listening to my Caiaphas. When I do, I can hear the gospel in what he says. Jesus is going to die for the nation. This also points to the fact that Caiaphas may be doing his own thing, choosing this wicked path, but God uses his bad choices to bring about something unspeakably good.
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