Annas. Annas was dismissed from being high priest, A.D.

John 18:23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smite you me?

, after filling that office for fifteen years; but, being a person of distinguished character, and having had no fewer than five sons who had successively enjoyed the dignity of the high-priesthood, and the present high priest Caiaphas being his son-in-law, he must have possessed much authority in the nation. It was at the palace of Caiaphas where the chief priests, elders, and scribes were assembled the whole of the night to see the issue of their stratagem.

John 18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.

Matthew 26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

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John 18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.