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Was the High Priest Required to Serve Until he Died? (Numbers 35:25-32)
There was clearly no age limit requiring the High Priest to leave office when he became too old to serve effectively. But was he required by Law to serve until he died? In favor of this idea several ...
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What critical explanations are there for Annas and Caiaphas both being named high priest?
Luke 3:1–2
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius
Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,
and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the ...
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Was Caiaphas a Prophet or a Villain? (John 11:51)
Caiaphas, along with Judas, surely appears as the villain in the story of Jesus' crucifixion. As high priest, he led the conspiracy to put Jesus to death, despite Jesus' tireless endeavors to move ...
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Did Peter's Presence and Denial of Jesus Facilitate an Opportunity for the High Priest to Question Jesus About Jesus' Disciples?
And following Jesus was Simon Peter, and the other disciple, and that
disciple was known to the chief priest, and he entered with Jesus to
the hall of the chief priest, and Peter was standing at the ...
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