It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people. (John 18:14 ESV)
Osmosis
I admit that I am not absolutely sure if ‘osmosis’ is the technical term for the process that is found in this passage. But it is close!
Being a nerd, I used to keep ball point pens in my pocket. One particular day, one of those pens started to leak. It soaked through my pocket, the shirt, a t-shirt, and my skin. I imagined that after that day of leakage, the soak continued through my inner skin, muscle layers, skeleton, and organs.
The wonderful powerful ink of that pen went beyond its usual intended location.
God’s truth soaks in like that, too.
God’s truth, salvific as well as mundane, is intended for His people.
But the rest of the world sometimes receives some of that truth, too. Caiaphas, a part of the world that rejected God’s Gospel Truth, still had an inkling of truth.
If we are observant, we can see God’s truth in all sorts of places. Those extra soakings can give us pleasure, peace, and persuasive power.
We are unique, we can see osmosis.