John 18:13

And they led him away, first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year.

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In The King James Version

And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.

In Context

12Then the cohort, and the tribune, and the attendants of the Jews apprehended Jesus and bound him.

14Now Caiaphas was the one who had given counsel to the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die for the people.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:57But those who were holding Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had joined together.

John 11:51Yet he did not say this from himself, but since he was the high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation.

Acts 4:6including Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the priestly family.

Matthew Henry on John 18:2-13

Christ in the Garden; The Treachery of Judas; The Ear of Malachus Cut Off; Christ Yields Himself a Prisoner. 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. 3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and… Read the whole commentary →

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