'High' in the Bible
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur.
Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.
But Jesus called them and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!"
But one of those with Jesus grabbed his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his ear.
Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.
But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest's courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.
So the high priest stood up and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"
But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."
Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, "He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!
how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?"
Then he cried out with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God -- do not torment me!"
Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them alone up a high mountain privately. And he was transfigured before them,
Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.
One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his ear.
Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.
And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the guards and warming himself by the fire.
Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"
But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"
Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "Why do we still need witnesses?
Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest's slave girls came by.
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
Because of our God's tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high
Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.
After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her.
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!"
Then one of them struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his right ear.
Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter was following at a distance.
And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."
Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing at all!
(Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation,
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his right ear. (Now the slave's name was Malchus.)
They brought him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
Simon Peter and another disciple followed them as they brought Jesus to Annas. (Now the other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, and he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard.)
But Simon Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, and brought Peter inside.
While this was happening, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest's officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"
Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest.
One of the high priest's slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the orchard with him?"
Then they shouted out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate asked, "Shall I crucify your king?" The high priests replied, "We have no king except Caesar!"
Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest's family.
When they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.
None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor.
Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin -- that is, the whole high council of the Israelites -- and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.
When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
Then the high priest said, "Are these things true?"
Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord's disciples, went to the high priest
But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.
She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."
(Now seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.)
as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
Those standing near him said, "Do you dare insult God's high priest?"
Paul replied, "I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, 'You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.'"
After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought formal charges against Paul to the governor.
Therefore it says, "When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men."
The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,
Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, "You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,"
and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him.
For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.
Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.
But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.
But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,
And he did not enter to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,
For the bodies of those animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp.
Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.
Therefore, remember from what high state you have fallen and repent! Do the deeds you did at the first; if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place -- that is, if you do not repent.
Then I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: "Come, gather around for the great banquet of God,
It has a massive, high wall with twelve gates, with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel are written on the gates.
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