Caiaphas in the Bible.

The high priest who tried Jesus. The King James Version names Caiaphas in 9 verses, from Matthew 26:3 to Acts 4:6.

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Caiaphas’s own words.

Caiaphas speaks in 10 verses of the King James Version: 4 in Matthew, 4 in Mark, 2 in John.

His first words in the Bible

And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Matthew 26:62 ›

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Who Caiaphas was.

The Jewish high priest (A.D. 27-36) at the beginning of our Lord’s public ministry, in the reign of Tiberius (Luke 3:2), and also at the time of his condemnation and crucifixion (Matt. 26:3, 57; John 11:49; 18:13, 14). He held this office during the whole of Pilate’s administration. His wife was the daughter of Annas, who had formerly been high priest, and was probably the vicar or deputy (Heb. sagan) of Caiaphas. He was of the sect of the Sadducees (Acts 5:17), and was a member of the council when he gave his opinion that Jesus should be put to death “for the people, and that the whole nation perish not” (John 11:50). In these words he unconsciously uttered a prophecy. “Like Saul, he was a prophet in spite of himself.” Caiaphas had no power to inflict the punishment of death, and therefore Jesus was sent to Pilate, the Roman governor, that he might duly pronounce the sentence against him (Matt. 27:2; John 18:28). At a later period his hostility to the gospel is still manifest (Acts 4:6).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

All 9 verses that name Caiaphas.

Matthew 2

Matthew 26:3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
Matthew 26:57And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

Luke 1

Luke 3:2Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

John 5

John 11:49And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
John 18:13And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
John 18:14Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
John 18:24Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
John 18:28Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

Acts 1

Acts 4:6And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

Questions about Caiaphas.

Who was Caiaphas in the Bible?

The high priest who tried Jesus. The King James Version names Caiaphas in 9 verses, from Matthew 26:3 to Acts 4:6.

Where does Caiaphas speak in the Bible?

In 10 verses of the King James Version, most of them in Matthew. His first words are in Matthew 26:62.

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