Caiaphas
a high priest of the Jews who presided over the assembly that condemned Jesus to death. Matt. 26.
Historical Examples
Hurlbut’s Life of Christ For Young and Old Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
Rejected of Men Howard Pyle
The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland John Knox
Rejected of Men Howard Pyle
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume V J. H. Merle d’Aubigné
Rejected of Men Howard Pyle
Looking Back Merrick Abner Richardson
The Gospel of St. John Frederick Denison Maurice
His Last Week William E. Barton
A Layman’s Life of Jesus Samuel H. M. Byers
noun
(New Testament) the high priest at the beginning of John the Baptist’s preaching and during the trial of Jesus (Luke 3:2; Matthew 26)
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