High Priest living at the time of the New Testament
Caiaphas
The high priest in the year Jesus was crucified. After the raising of Lazarus, he told the council, “it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish,” and John adds that, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation and gather into one the scattered children of God (John 11:47–53). He led the trial in which Jesus was condemned for blasphemy (Matthew 26:3–4, 57–66), and later questioned Peter and John (Acts 4:5–7).
Family
- Wife
- Daughter of Annas