Luk 3:2 and A and Caiaphas being high priests
Joh 18:13 and they brought A first; because
Joh 18:24 A .. he sent bound to Caiaphas, the high
Act 4:6 and the high priest A, and Caiaphas, and John
Annas (Gr. Hannas and Annas, “grace of God”, “humble” or “he who answers”; Josephus, Anan). Son of Set, appointed as high priest by Quirinus (Roman legate to Syria) c 6 AD By 15 AD he was deposed by the procurator of Judea, Valerius Gratus, and replaced by Ishmael, son of Fab. Over time 5 of his sons, and also Caiaphas, his son-in-law, became high priests. He is mentioned along with Caiaphas, the current high priest, in connection with the ministries of John the Baptist (Luk 3:2), Jesus (Joh 18:13, 24), and the apostles Peter and John (Acts 4:6). . Although he was officially no longer in office, he retained his title and the importance of the position. It was for Annas’ sake that Jesus, after his arrest, was brought into his presence before he was brought before Caiaphas (John 18:13, 14-24). The family had a very bad name even among the Jews. The Talmud declares concerning him: “Woe to me because of the house of Hanin, woe to me because of his gossip!” Bib.: FJ-AJ xviii.2.1, 2; 4.3; 5.3; xx.9.1; Talmud, Pesahim 57a.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
Short form of Ananias. High priest appointed by the Romans in 6 AD. C. to 15. From the year 18 to 36, the high priest was Joseph, Caiaphas himself, son-in-law of A., but he remained by his side, even with more importance than the official pontiff Lc 3, 2; Jn 18, 13-24; Acts 4, 6.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
When he was 37 years old (c. AD 6) he was appointed high priest by Quirinius, governor of Syria. He was deposed in the year 15 by Valerio Grato, governor of Judea. His five sons were high priests and he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas (John 18:13). He and Caiaphas were high priests when John the Baptist began his public ministry (Luk 3:2). Perhaps because he was the head of the family, Annas was the most influential priest and still carried the title. Therefore, when Jesus was arrested, he was taken first to Annas (Joh 18:24), then to Caiaphas (Joh 18:24). Similarly, Annas is called high priest in Acts 4:6 when Peter and John were arrested, although Caiaphas was probably the true high priest.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(God is full of grace). High priest before whom Jesus was led; son-in-law of Caiaphas, Joh 18:13, Luk 3:2.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
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Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
High priest at the time of Christ. A. was chosen for this high office by the Romans around the year 6 AD, and lasted in it for about nine years. The same Romans deposed him, and placed in his place his son-in-law † ¢ Caiaphas, but since for the Jews the position was for life, they continued to consider him as high priest. This explains the expression “when A. and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to John” (Luke 3:2). Thus, when they arrested the Lord Jesus, “they first took A.† (Joh 18:13), who then “sent him bound to Caiaphas” (Joh 18:24).
In the immediate period after the death of the Lord Jesus, A. is still mentioned as “high priest” (Acts 4:6). So great was his influence that in addition to his son-in-law † ¢ Caiaphas, five of his sons held the high priesthood.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
tip, SACE BIOG HOMB HONT = “grace of Jehovah”. High priest, appointed as such in the year 7 BC by Quirino, governor of Syria. He was deposed during the reign of Tiberius, and was followed at short intervals by Ishmael, Eleazar, son of Ananus or Annas, Simon, and Joseph Caiaphas, Annas’ son-in-law (Lk. 3:2; Jn. 18:13, 24; Acts 4:6). Annas is supposed to be called high priest out of courtesy, having held this position. The Lord was brought before him first, perhaps because he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas. Josephus relates that the five sons of Annas became high priests, and that under the last, who was also named Annas, James, the brother of the Lord, was martyred (Ant. 20:9, 1).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Annas was high priest from AD 6 to 15. of J. he had great powers and great influences, since five of his sons were high priests. It was also that of his son-in-law Caiaphas. That is why Flavio Josephus called him “very happy” (Lk 3,2; Jn 18,13. 24). ->on; temple.
MNE
FERNANDEZ RAMOS, Felipe (Dir.), Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth, Editorial Monte Carmelo, Burbos, 2001
Source: Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth
(from the Hebrew, meaning: “Show Favor; Clement”).
Quirinius, the Roman governor of Syria, made Annas high priest around 6 or 7 CE, and he served as such until about 15 CE (Lu 2:2), so he was high priest when Jesus, at the age of twelve years, amazed the rabbinical teachers in the temple. (Lu 2: 42-49) However, the procurator Valerius Gratus removed him from the position of high priest because, according to certain accusations, he was exceeding the limits in the performance of the functions assigned to him by the Romans. Although he was no longer official high priest, there is much evidence that he continued to wield great power and influence as high priest emeritus and his voice was paramount in the Jewish hierarchy. Five of his sons, as well as his son-in-law Caiaphas, were themselves high priests. Because of his prominence, Annas is deservedly designated in the Scriptures as one of the chief priests. (Mt 26:3; Lu 3:2) When Jesus was arrested, he was taken first to Annas for questioning and then to Caiaphas for trial. (Joh 18:13) The name of Annas was at the top of the list of the greatest opponents of the apostles of Jesus Christ. (Ac 4:6.)
The wealthy and powerful Levite house of Annas had in the sale of sacrificial animals within the temple grounds one of their main sources of income, reason enough to seek to kill Jesus, who twice cleansed the temple, which they had converted. in a †œrobber’s cave† . (Joh 2:13-16; Mt 21:12, 13; Mr 11:15-17; Lu 19:45, 46) Probably another reason why Annas hated Jesus and his apostles so much was the teaching of Jesus on the resurrection, the same resurrection of Lazarus as living proof of this doctrine and the preaching and teaching of it that the apostles continued to do, because if Annas was indeed a Sadducee, he did not believe in the resurrection. (Ac 23:8; compare Ac 5:17.)
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
Annas or Ananos, son of Seth, was appointed high priest in AD 6 and deposed in AD 15. The NT continues to refer to him as high priest after AD 15. The reason may be one of three. First, while the Romans deposed high priests and appointed others in their place, the Jews considered the office to be for life. The Mishnah (Horayoth 3. 4) says: “The active high priest differs from the priest who has completed his high priesthood only in the bull that is offered on the day of atonement and the tenth part of the ephah.” Second, the title “high priest” is given in Acts. and in Josephus to members of the few priestly families from which most of the high priests came, as well as to those who exercised the priestly office. Third, Annas had great personal influence with successive high priests. Five of his sons and Caiaphas his son-in-law were high priests. When Jesus was tried we see that Annas carries out a preliminary investigation before the formal trial by Caiaphas (Jn. 18:13-24). When Lc. 3.2 says that the high priest was Annas and Caiaphas, the use of the singular (cf. °vm, °vha) is probably intentional, to indicate that while Caiaphas was Rome’s officially appointed high priest, his father-in-law shared in high priestly power, both in fact through his personal influence, and in law, according to strict Jewish thought (cf. Acts 4.6).
HRD
Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary
(After Blass and Wescott-Hort, Annas; Josephus, Ananos). Name (cf. Hebrew Hãnãn, Syriac Hanãn) of the same derivation as Hannah (see Ana).
Annas, son of Seth, succeeded (AD 6 or 7) Jehoazar as high priest, appointed by Quirinus, who had come to Judea to attend the incorporation of the territory of Archelaus into the Roman province of Syria (Josephus, Ant., XVIII , II, 1). After his deposition by V. Grato (15 AD) there was a rapid succession of high priests: Ismael, Eleazar (son of Annas; perhaps the Alexander of Acts 4,6, Alexander, as Alexander was the Greekized name of Eleazar), Simon, until we come to Joseph, called Caiaphas, who knew how to retain the favor of the Roman authorities from AD 18 to 36 (Josephus, Ant., XVIII, II, 2). But his deposition did not deprive Annas of his influence, which must have continued to be considerable, judging by the fact that his son Eleazar, his son-in-law Joseph Caiaphas (John 18:13), and four other sons, Jonathan (perhaps John from Acts 4,6 where D reads ionathas) Theophilus, Matthias, Annas II (Ananos), obtained the dignity of high priests (Jos., Ant., XVIII, IV, 3; V, 3; XIX, VI, 4; XX, IX, I). References to Annas in the New Testament give the same impression. His name appears with that of José Caiaphas, who was the true high priest during the ministry of the Savior (Matthew 26,3.57; Jn. 11,49.51) in the elaborate synchronisms with which Saint Luke introduces the public ministry of Our Lord (Luke 3.2).
The high command position of the former high priest is also attested by the prominent place accorded to him in Acts. 4.6; there Annas is introduced as the “high priest,” while Joseph Caiaphas’s name simply follows that of the other members of the high priesthood race. This formula, which can leave the reader with the impression that the author considered that Annas and Caiaphas exercised the high priesthood simultaneously (Lk. 3,2), or even that only Annas was the true high priest (Acts 4,6) , has given rise to many hypotheses—more or less plausible. These considerations should not be considered totally accurate, but they bear witness to the ancestry of Annas. However, Annas is more than a mere chronological point of reference in the life of Our Savior; according to our common text of Jn. 18:13-27, Annas would have taken part in a decisive point in the life of Jesus. After his arrest, the Lord is brought directly before Annas, in whose palace a kind of preliminary and unofficial interrogation takes place, an episode entirely omitted from the Synoptics. It should be noted, however, that the common text here seems to be in a distorted condition, as Maldonado had already pointed out (I, 427-428). If the order of Sir. Without. (XVIII, 13, 24 14-15, 19-23, 16-18, 25-27), the sequence of events gains clarity and consistency,…