High priest at the trial of Jesus · First century AD
Caiaphas in the Bible
Caiaphas reasons that it is expedient for one man to die for the people, and John reads the sentence as unintended prophecy. He presides at the night hearing and later warns Peter and John to stop speaking in the name.
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Verses mentioning Caiaphas
10 occurrences across 9 verses in the King James Version.
- Matthew 26:3
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,
Read in context - Matthew 26:57
And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
Read in context - Luke 3:2
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Read in context - John 11:49
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
Read in context - John 18:13
And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. year: year. And Annas sent Christ bound unto Caiaphas the high priest
Read in context - John 18:14
Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
Read in context - John 18:24
Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
Read in context - John 18:28
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. the hall: or, Pilate's house
Read in context - Acts 4:6
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.
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