Ububi bukaKayafase bahlaluka lapho etshela ababusi akanye nabo: “Anicabangi ukuthi kuzuzisa nina ukuba umuntu oyedwa afe ngenxa yabantu, hhayi ukuba kubhujiswe sonke isizwe.” Ukulandisa kuyaqhubeka: “Nokho, lokhu akakushongo ngokuzisukela kuye; kodwa ngoba wayengumpristi ophakeme ngalowo nyaka, waprofetha ukuthi uJesu wayemiselwe ukuba afele isizwe, kungesona isizwe kuphela, kodwa ukuze abantwana bakaNkulunkulu abahlakazekile nabo abaqoqele ndawonye babe munye. Ngakho-ke kusukela ngalolo suku kuqhubeke bacebisana ngokuba bambulale [uJesu].”—Johane 11:49-53.

UKayafase wayengakuqondi konke okwakumumethwe amazwi akhe. Ngenxa yesikhundla sakhe njengompristi ophakeme, waprofetha.b Ukufa kukaJesu kwakuyozuzisa—kodwa hhayi amaJuda kuphela. Umhlatshelo wakhe wesihlengo wawuyolungiselela indlela yokukhulula sonke isintu ebugqilini besono nokufa.