The Word of God came unto John (εγενετο ρημα θεου επ Ιωανην). The great epoch marked by εγενετο rather than ην. Ρημα θεου is some …

Annas and Caiaphas being high-priests. There was, properly speaking, only one high-priest of the Jews; yet the name of h…

The difference in the number of names presents no real difficulty. We have seen that St. Matthew omits three names in the list of kings in order to…

Now in the fifteenth yea of the reign of Tiberias Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his…

St. Gregory the Great: The time when the forerunner of the Savior received the word of preaching is marked by the names of the …

The official high priesthood of Annas had ended in A. D. 15, but his influence was so great, especially during the high priesthood of his son-in-la…

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests. It is certain that there never were two persons who held the office of high priest at …

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests
Some difficulty here arises, how these two could be both high priests; whe…

The scope and design of John's ministry were to bring the people from their sins and to their Savior. He came preaching, not a sect or party, but a…