'High Priest' in the Bible

so he gathered all the high priests and scribes of the people and made inquiries of them about where the messiah was to be born.

From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he had to leave for Jerusalem and endure great suffering at the hands of the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed and raised on the third day.

"We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and scribes; they will sentence him to death

But when the high priests and scribes saw his wonderful deeds and saw the children who shouted in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant;

When he entered the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "What authority have you for acting in this way? Who gave you this authority?"

When the high priests and Pharisees heard these parables they knew he was speaking about them;

Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas

Then one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot went and said to the high priests,

While he was still speaking, up came Judas, one of the twelve, accompanied by a large mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and the elders of the people.

One of his companions put out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

but those who had seized Jesus took him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.

Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and when he got inside he sat down beside the attendants to see the end.

Now the high priests and the whole of the Sanhedrin tried to secure false evidence against Jesus, in order to have him put to death;

So the high priest rose and said to him, "Have you no reply to make? What of this evidence against you?"

Jesus said nothing. Then the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

Then the high priest tore his dress and cried, "He has blasphemed! What more evidence do we want? Look, you have heard his blasphemy for yourselves!

When morning came, all the high priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to have him put to death.

Then Judas his betrayer saw he was condemned, and repented; he brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders,

The high priests took the money and said, "It would be wrong to put this into the treasury, for it is the price of blood."

But while he was being accused by the high priests and elders, he made no reply.

But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask Bar-Abbas and to have Jesus killed.

So, too, the high priests made fun of him with the scribes and the elders of the people.

Next day (that is, on the day after the Preparation) the high priests and Pharisees gathered round Pilate

While they were on their way, some of the sentries went into the city and reported all that had taken place to the high priests,

He went into the house of God (Abiathar was high priest then) and ate the loaves of the Presence which no one except the priests is allowed to eat, and also shared them with his followers."

And he proceeded to teach them that the Son of man had to endure great suffering, to be rejected by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, to be killed and after three days to rise again;

"We are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and scribes; they will sentence him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles,

This came to the ears of the scribes and high priests, and they tried to get him put to death, for they were afraid of him. But the multitude were all astounded at his teaching.

Once more they came to Jerusalem. And as he was walking within the temple the high priests and scribes and elders came

The passover and the festival of unleavened bread fell two days later; so the high priests and scribes were trying how to get hold of him by craft and have him put to death.

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the high priests to betray him to them.

At that very moment, while he was still speaking, Judas [Iscariot] one of the twelve came up accompanied by a mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and scribes and elders.

but one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

They took Jesus away to the high priest, and all the high priests and scribes and elders met there with him.

Peter followed him at a distance till he got inside the courtyard of the high priest, where he sat down with the attendants to warm himself at the fire.

Now the high priests and the whole of the Sanhedrin tried to secure evidence against Jesus, in order to have him put to death; but they could find none,

So the high priest rose in their midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no reply to make? What about this evidence against you?"

He said nothing and made no answer. Again the high priest put a question to him. "Are you the Christ?" he said, "the Son of the Blessed?"

Then the high priest tore his clothes and cried, "What more evidence do we want?

Now as Peter was downstairs in the courtyard, a maidservant of the high priest came along,

Immediately morning came, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and all the Sanhedrin, and after binding Jesus they led him off and handed him over to Pilate.

Then the high priest brought many accusations against him,

(For he knew the high priests had handed him over out of envy.)

But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Bar-Abbas for them instead.

So, too, the high priests made fun of him to themselves with the scribes; "he saved others," they said, "but he cannot save himself!

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert;

The Son of man, he said, has to endure great suffering, to be rejected by the elders and high priests and scribes, to be killed, and on the third day to be raised.

Day after day he taught within the temple. The high priests and scribes tried to have him put to death, and so did the leaders of the people,

At that hour the scribes and high priests tried to lay hands on him, but they were afraid of the people. They knew he had meant this parable for them.

The high priests and scribes were trying how to get him put to death (for they were afraid of the people),

who went off to discuss with the high priests and commanders how he could betray him to them.

And one of them did strike the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

Then he said to the high priests and commanders of the temple and elders who had appeared to take him, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels?

Then they arrested him and led him away inside the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance

When day broke, the elders of the people all met along with the high priests and scribes, and had him brought before their Sanhedrin. They said to him,

And Pilate said to the high priests and the crowds, "I cannot find anything criminal about him."

Meanwhile the high priests and scribes stood and accused him with might and main.

Then summoning the high priests and rulers and the people,

but the high priests and our rulers delivered him up to be sentenced to death and crucified him.

The Pharisees heard the people discussing Jesus in this way, so the high priests and the Pharisees despatched attendants to arrest him.

Then the attendants went back to the high priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why have you not brought him with you?"

whereupon the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "Whatever is to be done?" they said. "The fellow is performing a number of Signs.

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it ??50 you do not understand it is in your own interests that one man should die for the People, instead of the whole nation being destroyed."

(He did not say this simply of his own accord; he was high priest that year, and his words were a prophecy that Jesus was to die for the nation,

(The high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that they were to be informed, if anyone found out where he was, so that they might arrest him.)

So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus as well,

So after procuring troops and some attendants belonging to the high priests and the Pharisees, Judas went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear (the servant's name was Malchus);

and brought him first of all to Annas (for Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year ??14 the Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was for their interests that one man should die for the people).

while Peter stood outside at the door. Then this other disciple, who was an acquaintance of the high priest, came out and spoke to the woman at the door, and brought Peter inside.

Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

As he said this, one of the attendants who stood by gave him a blow, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?"

& 25] Simon Peter followed Jesus along with another disciple; and as this disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest, he passed into the courtyard of the high priest with Jesus,

Said one of the high priest's servants, a kinsman of the man whose ear had been cut off by Peter, "Did I not see you with him in the orchard?"

"Am I a Jew?" said Pilate. "Your own nation and the high priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?"

Now when the high priests and their attendants saw him, they yelled, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said, "Take him and crucify him yourselves! I find nothing wrong about him."

Then they yelled, "Off with him! Off with him! Crucify him!" "Crucify your king?" said Pilate. The high priests retorted, "We have no king but Caesar!"

So the Jewish high priests said to Pilate, "Do not write, THE KING OF THE JEWS; write, HE SAID I AM THE KING OF THE JEWS."

which was attended by the high priest Annas, by Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all the members of the high priest's family.

On being released they went to their friends and related what the high priests and elders had said;

This filled the high priest Annas and his allies, the Sadducean party, with bitter jealousy;

With these orders they went into the temple about dawn and proceeded to teach. Meantime the high priest and his allies met, called the Sanhedrin together and the council of seniors belonging to the sons of Israel, and then sent to prison for the men.

On hearing this the commander of the temple and the high priests were quite at a loss to know what to make of it.

They conducted them before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked them,

Said the high priest, "Is this true?"

Meanwhile Saul still breathed threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest

And in this city too he has authority from the high priests to put anyone in chains who invokes thy Name!"

He lost no time in preaching throughout the synagogues that Jesus was the Son of God ??21 to the amazement of all his hearers, who said, "Is this not the man who in Jerusalem harried those who invoke this Name, the man who came here for the express purpose of carrying them all in chains to the high priests?"

The seven sons of Sceuas, a Jewish high priest, used to do this.

as the high priest and all the council of elders can testify. It was from them that I got letters to the brotherhood at Damascus, and then journeyed thither to bind those who had gathered there and bring them back to Jerusalem for punishment.

Next day, as he was anxious to find out the real reason why the Jews accused him, he unbound him, ordered the high priests and all the Sanhedrin to meet, and brought Paul down, placing him in front of them.

Then the high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing next Paul to strike him on the mouth.

The bystanders said, "What! would you rail at God's high priest?"

"Brothers," said Paul, "I did not know he was high priest" (for it is written, You must not speak evil of any ruler of your people).

They then went to the high priests and elders, saying, "We have taken a solemn oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.

Five days later down came the high priest Ananias with some elders and a barrister called Tertullus. They laid information before the governor against Paul.

The high priests and the Jewish leaders laid information before him against Paul, and begged him,

When I was at Jerusalem, the high priests and elders of the Jews informed me about him and demanded his condemnation.

I did so in Jerusalem. I shut up many of the saints in prison, armed with authority from the high priests; when they were put to death, I voted against them;

I was travelling to Damascus on this business, with authority and a commission from the high priests,