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Christ Before Caiaphas, by Matthias Stom. Josef Ben Caiaphas (/ ˈkaɪ.ə.fəs /; c. 14 BC – c. 46 AD), known simply as Caiaphas[a] in the New Testament, was the High Priest of Israel during the years of Jesus' ministry, according to Josephus. [1] The Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John indicate he was an organizer of the plot to kill Jesus.
High Priest in the Holy Place. In Judaism, the High Priest of Israel (Hebrew: כהן גדול, romanized: Kohen Gadol, lit. 'great priest'; Aramaic: Kahana Rabba) [1] was the head of the Israelite priesthood. He played a unique role in the worship conducted in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple in Jerusalem, as well as in some non-ritual ...
Priestly lists for this period appear in the Bible, Josephus and the Seder Olam Zutta, but with differences. While Josephus and Seder 'Olam Zuta each mention 18 high priests, [4] the genealogy given in 1 Chronicles 6:3–15 gives 12 names, culminating in the last high priest Seriah, father of Jehozadak. However, it is unclear whether all those ...
Zadok, also spelled Ṣadok, Ṣadoc, [1] Zadoq, Tzadok or Tsadoq (Hebrew: צָדוֹק הַכֹּהֵן, romanized: Ṣādōq ha-Kōhēn; lit. 'righteous, justified'), was a Kohen (priest), biblically recorded to be a descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron. [2] He was the High Priest of Israel during the reigns of David and Solomon as kings of ...
Ananias son of Nedebeus. 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 (Acts 23:2) and Caesarea (Acts 24:1). Josephus, Antiquities xx. 5.
Annas served officially as High Priest for ten years (AD 6–15), when at the age of 36 he was deposed by the procurator Valerius Gratus.Yet while having been officially removed from office, he remained as one of the nation's most influential political and social individuals, aided greatly by the fact that his five sons and his son-in-law Caiaphas all served at sometime as High Priests. [4]
Jehoiada (Hebrew: יְהוֹיָדָע Yəhōyāḏā‘, " Yahweh knows") in the Hebrew Bible, was a prominent priest in the kingdom of Judah during the reigns of Ahaziah (reigned c. 842 - 841 BCE), Athaliah (reigned c. 841–835 BCE), and Joash (reigned c. 836–796 BC). Jehoiada became the brother-in-law of King Ahaziah as a result of his ...
A "chief priest" who took an active part in the reformation under Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 19:11); probably the same as mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6:9. An ancestor of Ezra (1 Chronicles 6:11; Ezra 7:3). One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:15). Great-grandfather of Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1).