'High priest' in the Bible

Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

One of the men with Jesus put out his hand and drew his sword, and with a thrust at the high priest's slave cut off his ear.

The men who had laid hands on Jesus took Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, at whose home the scribes and elders had met.

And Peter followed Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest's home; he even went inside and was sitting among the attendants to see how it would end.

Then the high priest arose and said to Him, "Have you no answer to make? What do you say to the evidence that they bring against you?"

But Jesus kept silent. So the high priest said to Him, "I charge you, on your oath, in the name of the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

Then the high priest tore his clothes, and said, "He has uttered blasphemy, What more evidence do we need? You have just heard His blasphemy.

How is it that he went into the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the sacred loaves, which it is against the law for anyone except the priests to eat, and gave part of them to his soldiers, too?"

But one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck at the high priest's slave and cut his ear off.

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

And Peter followed Him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest; he was sitting with the attendants and warming himself before the fire.

Then the high priest arose in the midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What about this testimony they are giving against you?"

But He kept silent and made no answer at all. So the high priest again questioned Him in these words, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "What more evidence do we need now?

While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's waiting girls came up,

Then one of them struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear.

Then they arrested Him and led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest. Peter was following at a distance.

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing about this;

Now he did not say this on his own authority, but because he was high priest that year he uttered this prophecy from God, that Jesus was to die for the nation,

So Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus.

and took Him first to Annas. For he was father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year.

Simon Peter and another disciple followed on after Jesus. And that other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, and so went on with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard,

but Peter stood outside before the door. So this other disciple, who was acquainted with the high priest, stepped out and spoke to the woman doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

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

After He had said this, one of the attendants standing by slapped Jesus in the face, and said, "Is this the way you answer the high priest?"

So Annas sent Him over, still in handcuffs, to Caiaphas the high priest.

One of the high priest's slaves, who was a kinsman of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?"

met in Jerusalem, including Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all that were members of the high priest's family.

Now the high priest took a stand, and all his friends, the party of the Sadducees; and being filled with jealousy,

So they obeyed, and about the break of day they went into the temple square and began to teach. The high priest and his party arrived and called a meeting of the council and the whole senate of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have the men brought in.

When the military commander of the temple square and the high priest heard this, they were utterly at a loss to know how this might turn out.

So they brought them and had them stand before the council. And the high priest asked them,

The high priest asked, "Are these statements true?"

Now Saul, as he was still breathing threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

Sceva, a Jewish high priest, had seven sons who were doing this.

as the high priest and the whole council will bear me witness. Indeed, I had received letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on the way there to bind those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.

The next day, as he wished to learn the exact reason why the Jews accused him, he had him unbound, and ordered the high priest and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.

At this the high priest Ananias ordered the people standing near him to strike him on the mouth.

The people standing near him said, "Do you mean to insult God's high priest?"

Paul answered, "I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest, for the Scripture says, 'You must not speak evil against any ruler of your people.'"

Five days later, the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a prosecuting attorney, Tertullus, and through him they presented their case against Paul before the governor.

Therefore He had to be made like His brothers, so that He could be a sympathetic High Priest, as well as a faithful one, in things relating to God, in order to atone for the people's sins.

Therefore, my Christian brothers, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the Messenger and High Priest whom we profess to follow,

Since then we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has gone right up to heaven itself, let us continue to keep a firm hold on our profession of faith in Him.

For we do not have a High Priest who is incapable of sympathizing with us in our weaknesses, but we have One who was tempted in every respect as we are, and yet without committing any sin.

For every high priest who is taken from men is appointed to officiate on behalf of men in matters relating to God, that is, to offer gifts and sin-offerings.

So Christ too did not take upon Himself the glory of being appointed High Priest, but it was God who said: "You are my Son; I have today become your Father,"

since He had received from God the title of a High Priest with the rank of Melchizedek.

(6:19) where Jesus has blazed the way for us and became a High Priest with the rank of Melchizedek.

For we needed such a High Priest, holy, innocent, unstained, far removed from sinful men, and elevated far above the very heavens,

For the law appoints imperfect men as high priests, but the assertion about the taking of an oath, which was spoken after the time of the law, appoints a Son who is perfectly qualified to be High Priest forever.

Now the main point in what I am saying is this: We have such a High Priest as this, one who has taken His seat at the right hand of God's majestic throne in heaven

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; so this High Priest too must have some sacrifice to offer,

but into the second or inner part nobody but the high priest may go, and he only once a year, and never without blood which he offers for himself and for the sins committed in ignorance by the people.

But when Christ came as the High Priest of good things that have already taken place, He went by way of that greater and more perfect tent of worship, not made by human hands, that is, not belonging to this material creation,

And He does not enter to offer Himself over and over again, as the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own;