Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him; but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council, and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus, every one will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation." But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all; you do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish." He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to death.
John 11:45–53 (RSV)
One would think that raising someone from the dead would be regarded as a good thing. One would think that raising someone from the dead, who had been in the tomb four days, beginning decompose, was a blessing from God.
One would think this, but the leaders of the Temple in Jerusalem held onto a different approach to God. They remind me of what someone once said in a meeting, 'If God knew what we know now, He would be for this, too!' Those who cannot distinguish their own will from the will of God cause no end of sorrow. They can assign someone to torture, go home, play with the kids, and be a loving husband.
Caiaphas was willing to see Jesus dead, for he thought Jesus to be a significant danger to their status quo. Better that one person should die than a whole suffer. Caiaphas was a survivor who made sure that he got through whatever came his way. If someone got hurt, well, that's the price of staying in power.
Yet even Caiaphas and his ambition will serve God's will. Caiaphas thought he could get rid of Jesus and be done with Him. God was leading Jesus to the redemption of the world. Caiaphas wanted to make Jesus disappear. The Father was preparing a future where billions would know Jesus' Name. Then one day, every tongue would confess that Jesus is Lord.