And led him away to Annas first,— See the note on Matthew 26:57. Caiaphas seems to have enjoyed the sacerdotal dignity during the whole course of Pilate's government in Judea; for he was advanced to it by Valerius Gratus, Pilate's predecessor, and was divested of it by Vitellius, governor of Syria, after he deposed Pilate from his procuratorship,
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John 18:13
13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.a