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Annas

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Named at Luke 3:2 with Caiaphas as high priest: the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas. John 18:12–13 says that the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus, bound him and led him to Annas first, for Annas was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year; at 18:24 Annas sends Jesus bound to Caiaphas, the high priest. Acts 4:5–7 says that in the morning the rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem, and “Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest”; when they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”

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ACT 4:1–22, engwebp
¹As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
²being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
³They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.
⁴But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
⁵In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.
⁶Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
⁷When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
⁸Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people and elders of Israel,
⁹if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
¹⁰may it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands here before you whole in him.
¹¹He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’
¹²There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
¹³Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
¹⁴Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
¹⁵But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
¹⁶saying, “What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it.
¹⁷But so that this spreads no further among the people, let’s threaten them, that from now on they don’t speak to anyone in this name.”
¹⁸They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
¹⁹But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
²⁰for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”
²¹When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
²²For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
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JHN 18:12–14, engwebp
¹²So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him,
¹³and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
¹⁴Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.
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JHN 18:19–24, engwebp
¹⁹The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
²⁰Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
²¹Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, they know the things which I said.”
²²When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”
²³Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?”
²⁴Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.
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LUK 3:1–6, engwebp
¹Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
²during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
³He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
⁴As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.
⁵Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.
⁶All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”
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Unresolved interpretation: The high priest who questions Jesus in John 18:19–23

John 18:13 says that Jesus was led to Annas first, and 18:24 that Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest; the questioning of 18:19–23 is told between the two.
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- JHN 18:12–14, engwebp
  ¹²So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him,
  ¹³and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
  ¹⁴Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.
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- JHN 18:19–24, engwebp
  ¹⁹The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
  ²⁰Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
  ²¹Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, they know the things which I said.”
  ²²When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”
  ²³Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?”
  ²⁴Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.
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John 18:13 calls Caiaphas high priest that year, and 18:24 calls him Caiaphas, the high priest; 18:19–23 calls the one who asks only the high priest.
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- JHN 18:12–14, engwebp
  ¹²So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him,
  ¹³and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
  ¹⁴Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.
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- JHN 18:19–24, engwebp
  ¹⁹The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
  ²⁰Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
  ²¹Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, they know the things which I said.”
  ²²When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”
  ²³Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?”
  ²⁴Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.
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John 18:19–23 does not name the high priest who questions Jesus. This collection does not name him in the summaries of that questioning and does not decide whether he is Annas or Caiaphas. Annas is joined to the event of 18:19–24 because at 18:24 Annas sends Jesus to Caiaphas.

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Took part in (2) — Before the high priest: “I spoke openly to the world”; sent to Caiaphas, Peter and John seized, questioned before the council, threatened and let go

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Luke 3:2 Open that verse

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

John 18:13 Open that verse

and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

John 18:24 Open that verse

Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.

Acts 4:6 Open that verse

Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.

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Entry: Annas (person-annas)
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Current wording: Named at Luke 3:2 with Caiaphas as high priest: the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas. John 18:12–13 says that the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus, bound him and led him to Annas first, for Annas was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year; at 18:24 Annas sends Jesus bound to Caiaphas, the high priest. Acts 4:5–7 says that in the morning the rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem, and “Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest”; when they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
Cited evidence: ACT 4:1–22, engwebp / JHN 18:12–14, engwebp / JHN 18:19–24, engwebp / LUK 3:1–6, engwebp
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