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In the narrative of the synoptic gospels, after the arrest of Jesus, he is taken to the private residence of Caiaphas, the high priest. Matthew 26 (Matthew 26:57) states that Jesus was taken to the house of Caiaphas the High Priest of Israel, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
Joseph ben Caiaphas [a] (/ ˈ k aɪ. ə. f ə s /; [b] c. 14 BC – c. 46 AD) was the High Priest of Israel during the first century. [1] In the New Testament, the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John indicate he was an organizer of the plot to kill Jesus.
Luke records Jesus being beaten at the high priest's house and the trial starting the following morning. The Sanhedrin tries to find evidence against Jesus but according to Mark does not, only false testimony, including that Jesus claimed he would destroy the Temple building.
Jesus remained silent. High priest: 'Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?' Jesus: 'I am, and you will see the Son of Man next to the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.' High priest tore his clothes: 'Who needs more witnesses, now you have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?' They all condemned him as worthy of death.
[6] [7] Having been identified, the officers arrested Jesus, although one of Jesus's disciples attempted to stop them with a sword and cut off the ear of one of the arresting officers. [6] [7] The Gospel of John specifies that was Simon Peter and identifies the wounded officer with Malchus, the servant of Caiaphas, the High Priest of Israel.
This account of persecution is part of a general theme of anti-Christian persecution by both Romans and Jews, one that starts with the Pharisee rejection of Jesus's ministry, the cleansing of the Temple, and continues on with his trial before the High Priest, his crucifixion, and the Pharisees' refusal to accept him as the Jewish messiah.
Sources on Pontius Pilate are limited, although modern scholars know more about him than about other Roman governors of Judaea. [14] The most important sources are the Embassy to Gaius (after the year 41) by contemporary Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria, [15] the Jewish Wars (c. 74) and Antiquities of the Jews (c. 94) by the Jewish historian Josephus, as well as the four canonical Christian ...
Ananias son of Nedebeus (Hebrew: חנניה בן נדבאי Ḥananyá ben Nadváy "…(son of) the philanthropist") was a high priest who according to the Acts of the Apostles presided during the trials of the apostle Paul at Jerusalem and Caesarea . Josephus calls him "Ananias ben Nebedeus". He officiated as high priest from about 47 to 58.