'High Priest' in the Bible

Then the high priests and the elders of the people were gathered together into the court of the high priest who was called Caiaphas;

Then one of the twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, going to the high priests,

And, while He is yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a large multitude, with swords and clubs, from the high priests and elders of the people.

And, behold, one of those with Jesus stretching forth his hand, grasped his sword; and, smiting the servant of the high priest, he struck off his ear.

And those who seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

And Peter was following Him afar off to the court of the high priest; and, entering within, he was sitting with the attendants to see the end.

And the high priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put Him to death;

And the high priest, standing up, said to Him, "Answerest Thou nothing? What are these testifying against Thee?"

But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to Him, "I adjure Thee by the living God, that Thou tell us whether Thou art the Christ, the Son of God"

Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, "He blasphemed! What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, ye just now heard the blasphemy!

And, when morning came, all the high priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put Him to death;

Then Judas, who betrayed Him, seeing that He was condemned, repenting, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the high priests and the elders,

And the high priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to cast them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."

And, while He was being accused by the high priests and elders, He answered nothing.

But the high priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes, that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

Likewise also the high priests, mocking, with the scribes and elders, were saying,

And on the morrow which, indeed, is the day after the Preparation, the high priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

And, as they were going, behold, some of the guard going into the city, reported to the high priests all that had happened.

How he entered into the house of God during the high priesthood of Abiathar, and ate the show-bread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"

And He began to teach them, that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the high priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be delivered up to the high priests, and to the scribes, and they will condemn Him to death, and will deliver Him up to the gentiles;

And the high priests and scribes heard it, and were seeking how they might destroy Him; for they were fearing Him, for all the multitude was astonished at His teaching.

And they come again into Jerusalem. And, as He was walking about in the temple, the high priests and the scribes and the elders come to Him;

Now after two days was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread; and the high priests and the scribes were seeking how, taking Him by guile, they might kill Him;

And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the high priests, that he might deliver Him up to them.

And straightway, while He yet spake, comes Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the scribes and the elders.

And one of those standing by, having drawn his sword, smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.

And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and there come together with him all the high priests and the elders and the scribes.

And Peter followed Him afar off, even within into the court of the high priest; and he was sitting with the attendants, and he was warming himself at the light of the fire.

And the high priests and all the Sanhedrin were seeking for testimony against Jesus, in order to put Him to death; and they were not finding it.

And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, "Dost Thou answer nothing? What do these testify against Thee?"

But He was silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, and says to Him, "Art Thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

And the high priest, rending his clothes, says, "What further need have we of witnesses?

And, as Peter was beneath in the court, there comes one of the maids of the high priest;

And straightway in the morning the high priests with the elders, and the scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin, having held a consultation, binding Jesus, carried Him away, and delivered Him up to Pilate.

And the high priests accused Him of many things.

(For he was coming to understand that because of envy the high priests had delivered Him up).

But the high priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release to them Barabbas.

In like manner the high priests, mocking Him among themselves with the scribes, said, "He saved others; Himself He cannot save!

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness;

saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and high priests, and scribes; and be killed, and on the third day be raised up."

And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the high priests and the scribes and the chief men of the people were seeking to destroy Him;

And it came to pass, on one of the days, as He was teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming the Gospel, that there came upon Him the high priests and the scribes with the elders,

And the scribes and the high priests sought to lay hands on Him in that very hour; and they feared the people; for they knew that He spake the parable against them.

and the high priests and scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were fearing the people.

and, departing, he consulted with the high priests and captains, how he might deliver Him up to them.

And a certain one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his right ear.

And Jesus said to the high priests and captains of the temple and elders, who came up against Him, "Did ye come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

And, seizing Him, they led Him away, and brought Him into the house of the high priest. But Peter was following afar off.

And, when it was day, the eldership of the people was gathered together, both high priests and scribes; and they led Him away into their Sanhedrin, saying,

And Pilate said to the high priests and to the multitudes, "I find no fault in This Man."

And the high priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing Him.

And Pilate, calling together the high priests and the rulers and the people,

and how the high priests and our rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and crucified Him.

The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning Him; and the high priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him.

The officers, therefore, came to the high priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why did ye not bring Him?"

The high priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? because This Man is doing many signs.

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said, "Ye know nothing at all;

And this he said not of himself; but, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for that nation;

Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders, that, if any one knew where He was, he should show it, that they might seize Him.

But the high priests consulted, that they might slay Lazarus also;

Judas, therefore, having received the band of soldiers and officers from the high priests and the Pharisees, comes thither with lanterns, and torches, and weapons.

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

and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

And Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. And that disciple was known to the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;

But Peter was standing at the door without. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spake to her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.

The high priest, therefore, asked Jesus concerning His disciples, and concerning His teaching.

And, when He had said this, one of the officers standing by gave Jesus a blow with a rod, saying, "Dost Thou answer the high priest thus!"

Annas, therefore, sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

One of the servants of the high priest, being a kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, says, "Did not I see you in the garden with Him?"

Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Thy own nation, and the high priests delivered Thee up to me: what didst Thou do?"

When, therefore, the high priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out, "Crucify! crucify!" Pilate says to them, "Take ye Him, and crucify Him; for I find not a crime in Him."

They, therefore, cried out, "Away with Him! away with Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate says to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The high priests answered, We have no king but Caesar!"

The high priests of the Jews, therefore, said to Pilate, "Write not, 'The King of the Jews,' but that He said, I am King of the Jews."

and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest.

And, being released, they went to their own friends, and reported all that the high priests and the elders said to them.

And the high priest, rising up, and all those with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy,

And, having heard this, they entered at dawn, into the temple, and were teaching. And the high priest, having come, and those with him, called together the Sanhedrin, and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison-house to have them brought.

Now, when both the captain of the temple and the high priests heard these words, they were thoroughly perplexed concerning them, what this might become.

and, having brought them, they set them before the Sanhedrin. And the high priest asked them,

And the high priest said, "Are these things so?"

And Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, going to the high priest,

and here he has authority from the high priests to bind all those calling on Thy name."

And all who heard were astonished, and said, "Is not this he who destroyed, in Jerusalem, those calling upon this name, and had come here for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the high priests?"

Now there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish high priest, who did this.

as also the high priest testifies for me, and all the eldership; from whom, having received letters, I was journeying to Damascus, intending to bring those also who were there bound to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.

And the high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by, to smite him on the mouth.

And those standing by said, "Do you revile God's high priest?"

And Paul said, "I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest; for it has been written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"

who, indeed, going to the high priests and elders, said, "We bound ourselves under a curse to taste of nothing until we kill Paul.

And, after five days, the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, and a certain orator, Tertullus; who, indeed, informed the governor against Paul.

and the high priests and chief men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and were beseeching him,

concerning whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the high priests and elders of the Jews gave information, asking for sentence against him:

which also I did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints also did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the high priests; and, when they were being put to death, I have given a vote against them;

Meanwhile as I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and a commission from the high priests,

Wherefore, it behooved Him in all things to be made like His brethren, that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in the things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people;

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a Heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus,

Having, therefore, a great High Priest, Who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession;

for we have not a High Priest, unable to sympathize with our infirmities, but One Who hath been tempted in all points like as we, apart from sin.

For every high priest, taken from among men, is appointed in behalf of men in the things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;