and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the high priestly family;

There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew of high-priestly family, who were doing this.

"The high priest among his relatives whose head has been anointed with oil and who has been consecrated to put on the priestly clothing is not to let his hair hang loose or to tear his clothes.

Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.