Caiaphas also is in the hands of God.

People often ask: Did it have to happen? Some will say it was fate; others will say God ordained it from eternity.
Yes, God from eternity knows everything. But He is not a tyrant, a violent man, but a love God. Therefore, he has given man the gift of reason and free will, and therefore, a man decides his own life. But God knows from eternity how a man chooses to.

This is also how we view the actions of Caiaphas. After the resurrection of Lazarus, Jesus gained many followers. Many Jews were present at the resurrection because they were comforting Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus when Jesus came and manifested His power before their eyes. Even the high council was involved in this in their meeting because they are worried about their power, which none of them will say, but they want to turn their problem in a different direction. They are afraid lest this Jesus lead an open rebellion against the Romans and destroy Jerusalem. It is a paradox that it was they who longed for such a revolutionary, that he would free them from the hated Romans. Now he is here, but they do not accept him, and only because of their pride because Jesus does not stand on their side and does the opposite of what they expected.

Caiaphas takes advantage of this situation in Cyrus, the high priest that year, a friend of the Romans, because it was a time of corruption. He said to them: “You know nothing. You do not realize that it is better for you if one man dies for the people and the whole nation does not perish” (Jn 141:49-50).
With bitter irony, the evangelist describes Caiaphas, the high priest, as the political leader of the Jewish nation. He observes with concern that Christ’s ministry is stirring up a movement unacceptable to the people, who may also openly oppose him. He explains to the others what would eventually follow: They would lose their freedom, their temple, and their income.
By the statement – you know nothing – with which he admonishes the undecided syndrome, he touches himself, for even he does not know that the death of Christ, which he seeks, will destroy the old Israel, its law and covenant. So a new Israel and a new covenant, or New Testament, will be formed.
We can say that Caiaphas, at this point, is unwittingly prophesying that Jesus will die not just for a nation but for all humanity to gather the scattered sheep into one flock.

We know that Jesus was not a victim of chance and that his crucifixion and death were not mere execution, mistake, etc. Though they all thought they had a part in it, they did not know that this was the death that redeems, for which humanity, through the prophets, had cried and pleaded so much.
We know that behind the actions of all those who were instrumental in the death of Jesus, whether it was Judas who betrayed, Caiaphas and Annas who demanded from Pilate the death of Christ, whether it was Pilate who pronounced the sentence and washed his hands, whether it was the deceived multitude in Pilate’s courtyard-these were all in the hands of God, and were fulfilling that which is behind the words: He gave his Son as a ransom sacrifice for all.
We also see that Jesus did not resist arrest or condemnation, and that only because He had willingly accepted His condemnation and death long before these events began. The will of the Heavenly Father and the irrevocable consent of Christ made his execution on the cross a redemptive act. All was in the plan of God. And he used people for his redemptive mission.
With this thought, we enter into next week, which we also call Holy Week, because these events are still alive and relevant to us.

Let us remember that we are in the hands of God not only when we are down but also in moments of joy. We alone decide the continuation of our life after death, and it will be a state of bliss or damnation. We do not believe in chance or fate. We believe in the justice of God.