Caiaphas Καϊάφας

A High Priest. Caiaphas, the high priest during Jesus' ministry, presided over Jesus' trial and played a key role in His crucifixion.

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Where Caiaphas appears

John (5), Matthew (2), Luke (1), Acts (1)

Key verses

• Matthew 26:3 first mention — 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,
• Matthew 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.
• Luke 3:2 — Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
• John 11:49 — And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
• John 18:13 — And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
• John 18:14 — Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
• John 18:24 — Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
• John 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.
• Acts 4:6 — 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.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.