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  Caiaphas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although Caiaphas acted individually, passages involving Caiaphas are among those cited over the years by those claiming a Biblical justification for anti-Semitism.
Caiaphas and the other men charge him with blasphemy and order him beaten.
The ossuary of a "Caiaphas" was discovered two miles south of present day Jerusalem in 1990, and remains an important artifact in the corpus of Biblical archaeology.
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 Caiaphas
Nothing is known about Caiaphas' early career, but we can assume that he was a member of a wealthy family, because he married a daughter of the high priest who is called Annas, Ananus or Chanan (6-15 CE).
Annas and Caiaphas may have sympathized with the Sadducees, a religious movement in Judaea that found most of its members among the wealthy Jewish elite.
The governor of Syria, Lucius Vitellius, intervened in the Jewish affairs during the Passover festival of 37 and removed Caiaphas from office.
www.livius.org /caa-can/caiaphas/caiaphas.htm   (392 words)

  
 Joseph Caiaphas: In Search of a Shadow -  By Helen Bond
Caiaphas was appointed to the high priesthood in roughly 19 CE by the prefect Gratus who had deposed the last three incumbents in as many years.
At all events, Caiaphas outlasted the tenures of both Gratus and Pilate and was eventually dismissed by a Syrian legate in 37 CE.
Caiaphas was deposed from the high priesthood in early 37, probably at the Passover, after the Syrian legate Vitellius had restored the high priestly vestments to Jewish control (presumably Caiaphas had led the Jewish petition) and relinquished a number of taxes.
www.bibleinterp.com /articles/Bond_Joseph_Caiaphas.htm   (3704 words)

  
 Caiaphas 4
Caiaphas knew Jesus was “gunning for him.” Jesus had accused Caiaphas of unbelief, vainglory, disbelief in the Bible, a refusal to accept miracles and the resurrection of the dead.
Caiaphas was able to lose himself in the daily work of religion without thinking too deeply about the significance and meaning of his religion.
Caiaphas cannot punish him, for he would have to admit his last, great hope had gone bad on him, so he simply pretends it is not happening.
www.gvelc.com /caiaphas_4.htm   (2347 words)

  
 Caiaphas 3
Caiaphas would be the power-broker, playing one side off against the other and gaining much for himself.
Caiaphas, because Pilate is forced to retreat from the public arena of the courtyard, thus showing weakness.
Caiaphas, like the Iraqi and Iranian religious leaders, did not want to BE the government as much as he wanted to control the government.
www.gvelc.com /caiaphas_3.htm   (2359 words)

  
 Biblical people: Caiaphas
Caiaphas was the high priest during the time of Jesus and was a member of the Sadducees (Luke 3:2).
Caiaphas was afraid that Jesus' popularity would entice a large number of people to gather and to possibly stage an uprising for independence.
Caiaphas was also present at the trial of the Apostles John and Peter.
www.aboutbibleprophecy.com /p171.htm   (333 words)

  
 Caiaphas
Caiaphas gained his elevation by bribery amd was only nominally and ostensibly high priest.
Caiaphas became high priest and worked hand in hand with his father-in-law Annas who had already held the position and Rome had deposed fifteen years earlier.
Caiaphas like his father-in-law was a Sadducee, equally astute and unscrupulous with Annas, but endowed with less force of character and will.
latter-rain.com /ltrain/ciaap.htm   (301 words)

  
 CAIAPHAS: BLINDED BY RELIGION
Caiaphas was the high priest of the Jews before whom Jesus is brought to be condemned to death.
Caiaphas was also victimized by spiritual blindness because he failed to recognize the dangers that come with position.
Caiaphas was victimized by spiritual blindness because he chose influence over principle, refused to see the dangers of position, but he was also blinded by the result of a twisted prosecution.
www.qsl.net /w5vzc/march21.html   (2331 words)

  
 Profiles of Joseph Caiaphas and Pontius Pilate, key figures in the arrest, trial and crucifixion of Jesus.
As high priest and chief religious authority in the land, Caiaphas had many important responsibilities, including controlling the Temple treasury, managing the Temple police and other personnel, performing religious rituals, and--central to the passion story--serving as president of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish council and court that reportedly considered the case of Jesus.
Caiaphas was the son-in-law of Annas, high priest from 6 to 15 C.E. and head of a family that would control the high priesthood for most of the first century.
It is possible that he, as a high priest emeritus, might have served at the side of Caiaphas in the Sanhedrin called to resolve the fate of Jesus.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/jesus/jesuskeyfigures.html   (1099 words)

  
 Burial Sites of Biblical Figures - ChristianAnswers.Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Caiaphas was high priest for 18 years, A.D. He most likely gained the position by marrying the daughter of Annas, head of a powerful high-priestly clan (John 18:13).
Caiaphas is infamous as the leader of the conspiracy to crucify Jesus.
Caiaphas asked Him, "Are you the Christ (Messiah), the Son of the Blessed One?" "I am," Jesus replied (Mark 14:61-62).
www.christiananswers.net /q-abr/abr-a026.html   (1365 words)

  
 Daily Bible Study - Caiaphas
Caiaphas was the Jewish high priest in Jerusalem during the years about 27 to 36, through the time of Jesus' public ministry, contemporary with the emperor Tiberius (see Ancient Empires - Rome).
Caiaphas was a Sadducee, and a member of the religious council when he ruled that The Lord should be put to death (John 11:50).
Caiaphas had no legal authority to execute anyone, so Jesus was sent to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor (Matthew 27:2, John 18:28).
www.keyway.ca /htm2002/caiaphas.htm   (526 words)

  
 CAIAPHAS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Among the Jewish leaders who sought the death of Jesus was the high priest named “Caiaphas.” It was this Caiaphas who said, “…that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish” (Joh.11:50).
Caiaphas served as the high priest of Israel for approximately eighteen years (A.D. Because of his part in condemning Jesus to death, and his opposition toward the spread of Christianity, Caiaphas has come to be regarded as one of the most infamous of all biblical characters.
Dear friend, though Caiaphas opposed Christ and His gospel during his life, yet in death his bones serve as evidence for the historicity and veracity of the New Testament writers who acknowledged both him and Jesus as first century characters.
www.lynchburgcofc.org /caiaphas'_bones.htm   (336 words)

  
 Caiaphas
When Jesus remained silent, and refused to lower himself to the level of his accusers, Caiphas impatiently demanded a direct answer to the question as to whether He was the Son of God.
Thus, when Jesus had to deal with Caiaphas, we see only dignified silence in the face of unspeakable injustice and finally a simple answer, "thou sayest" to the direct question as to whether He was the Son of God.
Today Christ's followers have to deal on occasions with men and women who feel that the purpose of life is to gain and maintain dominating influence over some "realm" that may be as small as a local church or as large as an entire nation.
www.creced.com /english/articles/Caiaphas.html   (874 words)

  
 Caiaphas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Caiaphas (or in full JOSEPH CAIAPHAS) was the high priest of the Jews under Tiberius (Matthew 26:3,57; John 11:49; 18:13.14,24,28; Acts 4:6).
Sure, healing the sick, raising people from the dead and restoring the lame and the blind was a good thing, yet it greatly concerned the leaders that the Jews would want a king or some type of "political messiah".
Caiaphas appears to have had good organizational and political skills for he stayed in office for a long time.
www.mustardseed.net /html/pecaiaphas.html   (269 words)

  
 MEETING WITH CAIAPHAS
Caiaphas keeps the peace with us and the office in the family; Annas and his sons stand a little farther off and hold the support of those who think Caiaphas is too subservient.
Caiaphas, at the public ceremony, merely said, 'The Jews greet the representative of Caesar.' A chilly welcome, but afterwards, in private, he was more communicative.
The voice of Caiaphas was equable, almost casual, as he talked to me. I take it that he and his friends will support no rivals, be they Kings or Messiahs, who endanger their authority under Caesar's governor.
members.tripod.com /~owen_eir/letter7.html   (1059 words)

  
 Caiaphas - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Caiaphas (ad 18-37), Jewish high priest, who presided at the trial of Jesus Christ.
King James Bible : quotations: Bible: Now Caiaphas was he, which…
Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Caiaphas.html   (65 words)

  
 The Desire of Ages - Chapter 75
Caiaphas belonged to the Sadducees, some of whom were now the most desperate enemies of Jesus.
Caiaphas, perceiving the influence that was obtaining, hastened the trial.
Well might Caiaphas then rend his official robes, which signified that he claimed to be a representative of the great High Priest; for no longer had they any meaning for him or for the people.
www.blessedhope.org /books/da/desire_c75.html   (5604 words)

  
 Caiaphas (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
His wife was the daughter of Annas, who had formerly been high priest, and was probably the vicar or deputy (Hebrew: 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).
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.
www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/caiaphas.html   (219 words)

  
 Was Jesus taken to Caiaphas or Annas first?
And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
www.skepticsannotatedbible.com /contra/caiaphas.html   (104 words)

  
 Chapter 8 - AN INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH CAIAPHAS TO COMPARE HIS NEPHEW JUDUS WITH JESUS
Caiaphas: My brother Simon's wife and Judas's mother is Cyborea, and she is known as the Lost Sheep.
Caiaphas: The priestly Chanina family raised sheep at Migdal, so they were shepherds."Woe unto the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep..." (Jeremiah 23:1) These words come just before the promise to gather the remnant of the flock from many countries (Jeremiah 23:3) Cyborea, the mother of Judas, was called the Lost Sheep.
Caiaphas: No, he taught us that riches will not be entrusted to those who do not take care of their own riches.
www.bible-luke.com /book/chap8.htm   (6400 words)

  
 PC(USA) - News Release Number 04162 - Scholars reconsider Caiaphas, high priest during crucifixion
Caiaphas is presented as a one-dimensional caricature — a sort of malevolent foil to the suffering Christ.
“Caiaphas probably genuinely believed that in doing away with Jesus he was acting for the good of the nation,” she writes.
Bond and others scholars say if indeed Caiaphas wanted Jesus dead, it wasn’t because he claimed to be the Messiah —; rather, it was a turf battle sparked by Jesus’; infamous demonstration in the Temple.
www.pcusa.org /pcnews/2004/04162.htm   (1145 words)

  
 Caiaphas
Caiaphas was the Jewish high priest who presided over Jesus Christ’s trial and crucifixion.
In 1990, the family tomb of Caiaphas was accidentally uncovered during the construction of a water theme park in Israel.
Matthew, Luke and John each identify Caiaphas as the high priest that presided over the arrest and trial of Jesus.
www.allaboutarchaeology.org /caiaphas-faq.htm   (223 words)

  
 Crosswalk.com - Walk the Land: Jesus Before Caiaphas and Pontius Pilate
At the time of Christ, tradition says that Caiaphas' palace was within the walls of the city and stood between the temple and the spot where Judas hanged himself.
It these are the actual locations, one cannot help but wonder what Judas saw as he passed by Caiaphas' house and looked down into the campfire lit courtyard on that awful night.
Little remains of Caiaphas' palace, but the dungeons beneath it are terrible in their completeness and the grisly story they tell.
www.crosswalk.com /faith/1314241.html   (1179 words)

  
 The Hypothetical Shroud of Caiaphas, of Maillard Reactions and Melanoidins and Ossuaries
The Hypothetical Shroud of Caiaphas, of Maillard Reactions and Melanoidins and Ossuaries
After Jesus’ death, Caiaphas would go on to persecute many in the early Jerusalem Church before being dismissed from his post in 37 CE, by Lucius Vitellius, the Roman governor of Syria under Tiberius.
No darkroom chemicals would be needed to develop these images of Caiaphas; one of the front of his body and face on which the cloth rested and one of his back laying on the other half of his shroud.
www.shroudstory.com /faq-burial-of-caiaphas.htm   (3724 words)

  
 The Prophecy of Caiaphas, John 11:45-53
Caiaphas, the high priest in Israel, rudely interrupted the panic and confusion of their discussion and suggested a brazenly wicked course of action.
Caiaphas was so wrong in what he said that day, but yet there was also a sense in which he was so right.
Caiaphas meant those words for evil against Jesus, but God so supervised his choice of words, with a mysterious sovereignty that did not coerce the will of Caiaphas, such that his words had another possible meaning that was good and prophetic.
capo.org /cpc/joh1145s.htm   (2529 words)

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