And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas. See the note at Luke 3:2 (in opening Remarks on Matthew 3:1-17) and at John 18:13 (in exposition of Mark 14:53-72, pp. 202, 203).
And John, and Alexander - of whom nothing is known,
And as many as were of the kindred of the high priest. The public influence which Annas had acquired may be judged of by this, that though the Romans made a practice of setting up and displacing the high priests at pleasure, for their own political ends, the office was filled by Caiaphas and five of his sons in succession.
Were gathered together at Jerusalem, х eis (G1519) Ierousaleem (G2419), the received reading, has scarcely any support: en (G1722) is evidently the genuine text]. The true sense, according to the arrangement of the words, is, 'their rulers in Jerusalem were gathered together;' that is, as many of them as were in the city at that time.