| CAIAPHAS AND ANNAS� ENDNOTES OF SCHOLARLY SOURCES {Where Document name is cited first, it is Quoted} |
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| [1]������ FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS, BK. 18, 2:1 - Cyrenius...in the thirty-seventh year of Caesar's victory over Antony...appointed Ananus...high priest....The third emperor sent Balerius Gratus...deprived Ananus of the high priesthood....ordained Eleazar, the son of Ananus who had been high priest before, to be high priest....Caiaphus was made his successor.� When Gratus had done those things, he went back to Rome, after he had tarried in Judea eleven years, when Pontius Pilate came as his successor. | |||||||||||
| [2]������ www/usnews.com/usnews/issue/991025/bible - In 1990, a burial chamber was discovered from the first century.� Inside, archaeologists found 12 limestone ossuaries.� One contained the bones of a 60-year-old man and bore the inscription "Yehosef bar Qayafa" - Joseph, son of Caiaphas.� Experts believe these remains are probably those of Caiaphas the high priest of Jerusalem who orcestrated the execution of Jesus. | |||||||||||
| [3]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 11:49 - Then one of them ~ it was Caiaphas, the designated Chief Priest that year ~ spoke up, "Don't you know anything?� Can't you see that it's to our advantage that one man dies for the people rather than the whole nation be destroyed?" | |||||||||||
| [4]������ THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 23:33 [NIV] - "You snakes!� You brood of vipers!� How will you escape being condemned to hell?" | |||||||||||
| [5]������ THE BIBLE, LEVITICUS 14:2 [NIV] - "These are the regulations for the diseased person at the time of his ceremonial cleansing, when he is brought to the priest." | |||||||||||
| [6]������ THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 19:8-9 - Jesus said, "Moses provided for divorce as a concession to your hardheartedness, but it is not part of God's original plan.� I'm holding you to the original plan, and holding you liable for adultery if you divorce your faithful wife and then marry someone else.� I make an exception in cases where the spouse has committed adultery." | |||||||||||
| [7]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:53-55 - "Only insofar as you eat and drink flesh and blood, the flesh and blood of the Son of Man, do you have life within you.� The one who brings a hearty appetite to this eating and drinking has eternal life and will be fit and ready for the Final Day.� My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.� By eating my flesh and drinking my blood you enter into me and I into you." | |||||||||||
| [8]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 18:19 - Annus interrogated Jesus regarding his disciples and his teaching. | |||||||||||
| [9]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 18:20-21 - Jesus answered, "I've spoken openly in public.� I've taught regularly in meeting places and the Temple, where the Jews all come together.� Everything has been out in the open.� I've said nothing in secret.� So why are you treating me like a conspirator?� Question those who have been listening to me.� They know well what I have said.� My teachings have all been aboveboard." | |||||||||||
| [10]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 18:22 - When he said this, one of the policemen standing there slapped Jesus across the face, saying, "How dare you speak to the Chief Priest like that!" | |||||||||||
| [11]����� "Slap" in the original Greek manuscript is "dero" from the word derma or skin, and primarily means to flay or skin something. | |||||||||||
| [12]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 18:23 - Jesus replied, "If I've said something wrong, prove it.� But if I've spoken the plain truth, why this slapping around." | |||||||||||
| [13]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 26:3 [NIV]; JOHN 18:24 - Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas....Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to the Chief Priest Caiaphas. | |||||||||||
| [14]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 22:60-62 - Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about."� At that very moment, the last word hardly off his lips, a rooster crowed.� Just then, the Master turned and looked at Peter.� Peter remembered what the Master had said to him:� "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."� He went out and cried and cried and cried. | |||||||||||
| [15]����� www.securesite.net/ss2ad/past/main104 - Professor Ory N. Mazar discovered a "first-century, majestic mansion which once stood in a posh residential neighborhood of Jerusalem called Mt. Zion."� Only a short walking distance from Jerusalem's Temple Mount, this mansion, approached with a massive staircase and into the courtyard, is believed to be the home of High Priest Caiaphas.� It is an impressive multi-structured complex. | |||||||||||
| [16]����� FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS, Bk XVII, 9:3 - Now, upon the approach of that feast of unleavened bread...called the Passover....Archelaus thought there was no way to preserve the entire government but by cutting off those who made this attempt upon it; so he sent out the whole army upon them, and sent the horsemen to prevent those that had their tents without the Temple from assisting those that were within the Temple, and to kill such as ran away from the footmen when they thought themselves out of danger; which horsemen slew three thousand men.... | |||||||||||
| [17]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 6:28, 34 - "If God gives such attention to the appearance of wild flowers - most of which are never even seen - don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?...Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow.� God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes." | |||||||||||
| [18]����� THE BIBLE, Luke 12:18f - "Then he said, 'Here's what I'll do:� I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones.� Then I'll gather in all my grain and goods, and I'll say to myself, "Self, you've done well!� You've got it made and can now retire.� Take it easy and have the time of your life!"'� Just then God showed up and said, 'Fool!� Tonight you die.� And your barnful of goods ~ who gets it?'" | |||||||||||
| [19]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 10:21b, 30 - "There's one thing left:� Go sell whatever you own and give it to the poor.� All your wealth will then be heavenly wealth.� And come follow me....They'll get it all back, but multiplied many times....and then the bonus of eternal life!" | |||||||||||
| [20]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 14:55-56 - The high priests conspiring with the Jewish Council looked high and low for evidence against Jesus by which they could sentence him to death.� They found nothing.� Plenty of people were willing to bring in false charges, but nothing added up, and they ended up canceling each other out. | |||||||||||
| [21]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 14:58-59; JOHN 2:19 - Then a few of them stood up and lied:� "We heard him say, 'I am going to tear down this Temple, built by hard labor, and in three days build another without lifting a hand.' "� But even they couldn't agree exactly....Jesus said, "[You] Tear down this Temple and in three days I'll put it back together." | |||||||||||
| [22]����� THE BIBLE, NUMBERS 34:30 - "All murderers must be executed, but only if there is more than one witness; no man shall die with only one person testifying against him." | |||||||||||
| [23]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 14:61; ISAIAH 9:6 - The Chief Priest tried again, this time asking, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed?"....For unto us a Child is born; unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder.� These will be his royal titles:� "Wonderful," "Counselor," "The Mighty God," "The Everlasting Father," "The Prince of Peace." | |||||||||||
| [24]����� THE BIBLE, EXODUS 3:14b, 15b - "Just say, 'I AM has sent me!'....This is my eternal name, to be used throughout all generations." | |||||||||||
| [25]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 14:62 - Jesus said, "Yes, I am, and you'll see it yourself:� The Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Mighty One, arriving on the clouds of heaven." | |||||||||||
| [26]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 14:63a - The Chief Priest lost his temper.� Ripping his clothes, ye yelled.... | |||||||||||
| [27]����� THE BIBLE, DEUTERONOMY 17:2-7 - "If anyone, whether man or woman, in any village throughout your land violates your covenant with God by worshiping other gods...then that man or woman shall be taken outside the city and shall be stoned to death.� However, never put a man to death on the testimony of only one witness; there must be at least two or three.� The witnesses shall throw the first stones, and then all the people shall join in." | |||||||||||
| [28]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 14:63b-64 - "Did you hear that?� After that, do we need witnesses?� You heard the blasphemy.� Are you going to stand for it?"� They condemned him, one and all.� The sentence:� Death. | |||||||||||
| [29]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 14:65a - Some of them started spitting on him. | |||||||||||
| [30]����� THE BIBLE, PSALM 9:13a - "O Lord, have mercy on me; see how I suffer at the hands of those who hate me." | |||||||||||
| [31]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:29 - "Let's not pretend this is easier than it really is.� If you want to live a morally pure life, here's what you have to do:� You have to blind your right eye the moment you catch it in a lustful leer.� You have to choose to live one-eyed or else be dumped on a moral trash pile." | |||||||||||
| [32]����� THE BIBLE, PSALM 16:2 - "You are my Lord:� I have no other help but yours." | |||||||||||
| [33]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 21:10-11 - As he made his entrance into Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken.� Unnerved, people were asking, "What's going on here?� Who is this?"� The parade crowd answered, "This is the prophet Jesus, the one from Nazareth in Galilee." | |||||||||||
| [34]����� THE BIBLE, PSALM 17:8 - Protect me as you would the pupil of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings as you hover over me. | |||||||||||
| [35]����� THE BIBLE, PSALM 25:2 - Don't fail me, Lord, for I am trusting you.� Don't let my enemies succeed.� Don't give them victory over me. | |||||||||||
| [36]����� THE BIBLE, PSALM 27:3 - Though a mighty army marches against me, my heart shall know no fear!� I am confident that God will save me. | |||||||||||
| [37]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 14:65b - They blindfolded his eyes, then hit him, saying, "Who hit you?� Prophecy!" | |||||||||||
| [38]����� THE BIBLE, PSALM 28:9 - Defend your people, Lord; defend and bless your chosen ones.� Lead them like a shepherd and carry them forever in your arms. | |||||||||||
| [39]����� THE BIBLE, PSALM 34:1 - I will praise the Lord no matter what happens.� I will constantly speak of his glories and grace. | |||||||||||
| [40]����� THE BIBLE, PSALM 36:11 - Don't let these proud men trample me.� Don't let their wicked hands push me around. | |||||||||||
| [41]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 14:65c - The guards, punching and slapping, took him away. | |||||||||||
| [42]������THE BIBLE, PSALM 48:14 - For this great God is our God forever and ever.� He will be our guide until we | |||||||||||