Caiaphas
Temple's high priest
Caiaphas was the Jewish high priest who presided over the Sanhedrin trial of Jesus, according to the New Testament.
His name appears in discussions of the Passion narrative and early Christianity.
In broader use, a Caiaphas suggests someone who sacrifices an innocent person for political expediency: Every regime has its Caiaphas, ready to condemn the inconvenient.
Jewish high court
- AnnasPriestly biblical figure
- crucifixionExecution by cross
- GospelsCanonical Christ biographies
- PassoverFestival of liberation
Pontius Pilate · Gethsemane · Judas Iscariot · Barabbas · Last Supper · Golgotha · resurrection · apostles
Irreverence toward the sacred
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- false witnessUntruthful sworn statement
- verdictOfficial court decision
- SanhedrinJewish high court
Pontius Pilate · prosecution · interrogation · bound · handed over · Annas · expedience · crowd
Priestly biblical figure
- SanhedrinJewish high court
- templeSacred worship structure
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- vestmentCeremonial religious garment
breastplate · incense · altar · Holy of Holies · anointing · ordination · intercession · Sadducees
Italy's capital city
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- expediencePractical self-interest
- SadduceesPriestly Jewish faction
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
Pontius Pilate · stability · pragmatism · accommodation · power · appointment · Roman occupation · puppet
Practical self-interest
- scapegoatUnfairly blamed person
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- divine planDeity's intended course
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
sacrifice · nation · dramatic irony · Gospel of John · substitution · atonement · foreshadowing
Sanhedrin
Jewish high court
- AnnasPriestly biblical figure
- crucifixionExecution by cross
- GospelsCanonical Christ biographies
Pontius Pilate · Passover · Gethsemane · Judas Iscariot · Barabbas · Last Supper · Golgotha · resurrection · apostles · Jerusalem
blasphemy
Irreverence toward the sacred
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- false witnessUntruthful sworn statement
- verdictOfficial court decision
Sanhedrin · Pontius Pilate · prosecution · interrogation · bound · handed over · Annas · expedience · crowd · Barabbas
Annas
Priestly biblical figure
vestment · breastplate · incense · altar · Holy of Holies · anointing · ordination · intercession · Sadducees · Mosaic law
Rome
Italy's capital city
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- expediencePractical self-interest
- SadduceesPriestly Jewish faction
aristocracy · Pontius Pilate · stability · pragmatism · accommodation · power · appointment · Roman occupation · puppet · compromise
expedience
Practical self-interest
- scapegoatUnfairly blamed person
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- divine planDeity's intended course
irony · sacrifice · nation · dramatic irony · Gospel of John · substitution · atonement · foreshadowing
CaiaphasJesus Christ
Christianity's central deity
Peter · Joseph of Arimathea · Nicodemus · John the Baptist · Mary Magdalene
CaiaphasPeter
Male name, means rock
John the Baptist · Andrew · Philip · Paul