'High Priest' in the Bible

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

And suddenly, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

And those who had seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the guards to see the end.

And the high priest stood up and said, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"

But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."

Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard his blasphemy.

how he entered the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?"

And one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

And they led Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled.

But Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.

And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"

But he was silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

The high priest tore his clothes and said, "Why do we need any more witnesses?

Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came.

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house. Peter followed at a distance.

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all!

He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

And they led him to Annas first; for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. As this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.

But Peter stood at the door outside. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the girl who kept the door, and brought Peter in.

The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"

Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"

and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.

But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and they were filled with jealousy.

And when they heard 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 set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

The high priest said, "Are these things so?"

Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

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.

Those who stood by said, "Would you revile God's high priest?"

And Paul said, "I did not know, brethren, that he was the 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 their charges against Paul before the governor.

Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

Therefore, holy brethren, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

Since then 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 is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

So also Christ did not exalt himself to become a high priest, but it was 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 on our behalf, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

He does not need, like those high priests, to offer up daily sacrifices, first for his own sins and then for the sins of the people, because he did this 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 who has been made perfect forever.

Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; and so it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.

But into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and 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 that have 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 should offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood 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.