John 18:13

They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

Berean Standard Bible

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 band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.

14Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:57Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.

John 11:51Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

Acts 4:6along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s 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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