Annas
And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and
Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high
priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem....
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Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God
came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness....
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And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to
Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year....
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[also Ananus[1] or Ananias[2]], son of Seth (23/22 BC–66 AD),
was appointed by the Roman legate Quirinius as the first High
Priest of the newly formed Roman province of Iudaea in 6 AD;
just after the Romans had deposed Archelaus, Ethnarch of
Judaea, thereby putting Judaea directly under Roman rule.
Annas officially served as High Priest for ten...
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an'-as (Annas; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek
Hannas; Josephus Ananos, the Greek form of Hebrew chanan;
"merciful," "gracious"; compare Neh 8:7, etc.):
(1) A high priest of the Jews, the virtual head of the
priestly party in Jerusalem in the time of Christ, a man of
commanding influence. He was the son of Seth (Josephus:
Sethi),...
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Associate high priest with Caiaphas
Lu 3:2; Joh 18:13,19,24; Ac 4:6...
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(humble), the son of one Seth was appointed high priest A.D.
7 by Quirinus, the imperial governor of Syria, but was obliged
by Valerius Gratus, procurator of Judea, to give way to
Ismael, son of Phabi, at the beginning of the reign of
Tiberius, A.D. 14. About A.D. 25 Joseph Caiaphas, son-in-law
of An-nas, became high priest, Joh 18:13 but in L...
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was high priest A.D. 7-14. In A.D. 25 Caiaphas, who had
married
the daughter of Annas (John 18:13), was raised to
that office,
and probably Annas was now made president of the
Sanhedrim, or
deputy or coadjutor of the high priest, and thus was
also called
high priest along with Caiaphas (Luke 3:2). By the
Mosaic law
the high-priesthood was...
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Son of Seth. Appointed A.D. 7, in his 37th year, to the high
priesthood by Quirinius, the imperial governor of Syria;
obliged to give way to Ismael by Valerius Gratus, procurator
of Judaea, in the beginning of Tiberius' reign, A.D. 14.
Eleazar, son of Annas, followed Ismael; then Simon; then
Joseph Caiaphas, son-in-law of Annas (John 18:13.) H...
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