John 18:13

First they took him to Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the current high priest.

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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 soldiers, their commander, and the Jewish guards arrested Jesus and tied his hands.

14Caiaphas was the one who had told the Jews, “It's better that one man die for the people.”

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Cross References

Matthew 26:57Those who'd arrested Jesus took him to the home of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the religious teachers and elders had gathered.

John 11:51He didn't say this on his own behalf, but as chief priest that year he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation.

Acts 4:6They included the high priest Annas, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others of 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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