'High' in the Bible
Again, the devil *took Him to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;
Six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves.
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;
For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.”
And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached and drew out his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.
Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
But Peter was following Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and entered in, and sat down with the officers to see the outcome.
The high priest stood up and said to Him, “Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?”
But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, you have now heard the blasphemy;
how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”
and shouting with a loud voice, he *said, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!”
Six days later, Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them;
But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.
They led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes *gathered together.
Peter had followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire.
The high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Jesus, saying, “Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?”
But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
Tearing his clothes, the high priest *said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?
As Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came,
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;
The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.
“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways;
Because of the tender mercy of our God,With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,
Then He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon’s home. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him to help her.
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.
Seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell before Him, and said in a loud voice, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me.”
And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear.
Having arrested Him, they led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest; but Peter was following at a distance.
And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,
Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,
Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s name was Malchus.
and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest,
but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.
The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.
When He had said this, one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus, saying, “Is that the way You answer the high priest?”
So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one whose ear Peter cut off, *said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”
Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.
But none of the rest dared to associate with them; however, the people held them in high esteem.
But the high priest rose up, along with all his associates (that is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach.Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.
When they had brought them, they stood them before the Council. The high priest questioned them,
The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:
Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.
The high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.
But the bystanders said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?”
And Paul said, “I was not aware, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”
After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders, with an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought charges to the governor against Paul.
But from those who were of high reputation (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me.
Therefore it says,“When He ascended on high,He led captive a host of captives,And He gave gifts to men.”
Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard;
For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession;
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;
So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him,“You are My Son,Today I have begotten You”;
being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;
who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever.
Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
but into the second, only the high priest enters once a year, not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.
But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;
nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own.
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.
But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;
for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
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