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Caiaphas Ca'iaphas or Ca-i'aphas. (depression). In full, Joseph Caiaphas, high priest of the Jews, under Tiberius. Mat_26:3; Mat_26:57; Joh_11:49; Joh_18:13-14; Joh_18:24; Joh_18:28; Act_4:6. The procurator, Valerius Gratus, appointed him to the dignity. He was son-in-law of Annas. (Mat 26:3) Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, (Mat 26:57) And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. (Luk 3:2) Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. (Joh 18:14) Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. (Joh 18:28) Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.