Thematic Bible: Jesus tried before


Thematic Bible



So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the High Priest. Verse ConceptsTying Up

But the officers who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the High Priest, at whose house the Scribes and the Elders had assembled. Verse ConceptsArrestingOld Age, Attitudes ToAssembling LeadersRivers

"You know that in two days' time the Passover comes. And the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified." Then the High Priests and Elders of the People assembled in the court of the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas,

Jesus however remained silent. Again the High Priest addressed Him. "In the name of the ever-living God," he said, "I now put you on your oath. Tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God." "I am He," replied Jesus. "But I tell you that, later on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Omnipotence, and coming on the clouds of the sky." Then the High Priest tore his robes and exclaimed, "Impious language! What further need have we of witnesses! See, you have now heard the impiety.

So they brought Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Praetorium. It was the early morning, and they would not enter the Praetorium themselves for fear of defilement, and in order that they might be able to eat the Passover. Verse ConceptsPassover lambExclusivenessGovernorsHigh Priest, In NtPalacesReligionArmies, RomanRoyal Houses