Or Caiaphas
(depression), in full Joseph CAIAPHAS, high priest of the Jews under Tiberius. (Matthew 26:3,57; John 11:49; 18:13,14,24,28; Acts 4:6) The procurator Valerius Gratus appointed him to the dignity, He was son-in-law of Annas. [Annas]
The Jewish high priest (A.D. 27-36) at the beginning of our Lord's public ministry, in the reign of ...
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