John 18:13

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

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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

12So the group of soldiers and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and tied him up.

14Now Caiaphas was the one who had given the advice to the Jews that it would be better that one man die for the people.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:57Those who had seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered together.

John 11:51Now this he said not from himself. Instead, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;

Acts 4:6Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and all who were relatives of the high priest.

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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