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in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
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A Corrupt Priesthood
Commentators explain that while Caiaphas was the official high priest, his father-in-law Annas still held immense power. This unusual mention of two 'high priests' highlights the political corruption and confusion within the Jewish religious leadership. God was about to act outside this broken system.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Annas and Caiaphas being high-priests. There was, properly speaking, only one high-priest of the Jews; yet the name of h…
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
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…
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Baptist
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…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests. It is certain that there never were two persons who held the office of high priest at …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
