00:00Next to Judas, who was the most corrupt person in the Bible?
00:04Many would say Caiaphas, the high priest.
00:07Judas sold Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.
00:11Caiaphas was the one who bought him.
00:13Caiaphas wasn't corrupt for money.
00:15He was corrupt for power.
00:18John chapter 11 says it clearly.
00:20Caiaphas said,
00:22It is better for one man to die than for the whole nation to perish.
00:26He knew Jesus was innocent.
00:28But Jesus was a threat to his political position,
00:31his control over the temple, and his deal with Rome.
00:35So he used his religious office to run a rigged trial,
00:39false witnesses, a nighttime court,
00:42and then he handed Jesus over to Pilate to do the dirty work.
00:46Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss.
00:49Caiaphas betrayed justice with a gavel.
00:52It shows us the two faces of corruption.
00:55One sells the truth for money.
00:57The other crushes the truth to keep power.
