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    Caiaphas

    Καϊάφας

    Caiaphas, the high priest during Jesus' ministry, presided over Jesus' trial and played a key role in His crucifixion.

    verses
    9
    first named
    Matthew 26:3
    last named
    Acts 4:6
    period
    the New Testament
    tribe
    Levi

    Description

    Who was Caiaphas?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Caiaphas was the high priest during the time of Jesus' ministry and played a significant role in the events leading to Jesus' crucifixion (Matt. 26:3, 57; Luk.3.2; Jhn.11.49; 18.13, 14, 24, 28; Act.4.6). He served as high priest from around AD 18 to 36, and was the son-in-law of Annas, another influential high priest. Caiaphas is most notable for his involvement in the trial of Jesus. After Jesus' arrest, He was brought before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin, the Jewish ruling council. During this trial, Caiaphas questioned Jesus and ultimately charged Him with blasphemy (Matt. Act.26.63-66). Caiaphas then sent Jesus to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, who sentenced Him to crucifixion. Caiaphas' actions were motivated by his concern for maintaining political stability and protecting the religious establishment from perceived threats (Jhn.11.49-50). After Jesus' resurrection, Caiaphas was involved in the persecution of the early Christian church, as seen in the trial of Peter and John (Act.4.6). Caiaphas' role in the Gospel narratives highlights the political and religious tensions of the time and the opposition faced by Jesus and His followers.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Caiaphas8 of 8 entities the graph connects to Caiaphas, in 3 groups: kinship 1, company 1, events 6. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.daughter of AnnasSpouse of · 1 verseKinshipRulers, Elders, and Scribes’ assemblyTook part in · 2 versesCompanyJesus3 events · 1,160 versesJudah1 event · 1,023 versesJerusalem1 event · 888 versesAnnas3 events · 4 versesAlexander1 event · 1 verseJohn1 event · 1 verseEventsCaiaphas

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Caiaphas happensThe one place the claims about Caiaphas reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Jerusalem. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Caiaphas there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Jerusalem
    the New TestamentThe one place the claims about Caiaphas reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 9, across 4 books.

    1. Matthew2 verses

      26:326:57

    2. Luke1 verse

      3:2

    3. John5 verses

      11:4918:1318:1418:2418:28

    4. Acts1 verse

      4:6

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Rulers, Elders, and Scribes’ assembly and daughter of AnnasAnnasHigh priest during Jesus' ministry and trialvia Rulers, Elders, and Scribes’ assemblyAlexanderMember of the high-priestly family in Jerusalemvia Rulers, Elders, and Scribes’ assemblyAssemblyAssembly is a concept gathering 97 labelled instances in the text.via Rulers, Elders, and Scribes’ assemblyJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsvia Rulers, Elders, and Scribes’ assemblyJohnA member of the high priest's family

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    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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