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Caiaphas, Or Caiaphas

(depression), in full Joseph CAIAPHAS, high priest of the Jews under Tiberius. (Matthew 26:3,57; John 11:49; 18:13,14,24,28; Acts 4:6) The procurator Valerius Gratus appointed him to the dignity, He was son-in-law of Annas. [Annas]

In the Bible

10

Verses where Caiaphas, Or Caiaphas is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Acts 4:6

    along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.

  • John 11:49

    But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

  • John 11:51

    Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

  • John 18:13

    They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

  • John 18:14

    Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.

  • John 18:24

    Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.

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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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