2Annas 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 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.
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
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,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)John’s baptism introducing a new dispensation, it was requisite that we should have a particular account of it. Glorious things were said of John, what a distinguished favourite of Heaven he should be, and what a great blessing to this earth ( Luke 1:15 , 17 ); but we lost him in the deserts, and there he remains until the day of his showing unto Israel , Luke 1:80. And now at last that day dawns,…
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