13And 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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Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-27)We have here an account of Christ’s arraignment before the high priest, and some circumstances that occurred therein which were omitted by the other evangelists; and Peter’s denying him, which the other evangelists had given the story of entire by itself, is interwoven with the other passages. The crime laid to his charge having relation to religion, the judges of the spiritual court took it to fa…
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