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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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Is Jesus’ baptism a typological parallel to the Old Testament priestly consecration?
In Matthew 3:15, Jesus says His baptism was “to fulfill all righteousness.”
Some say this was simply to set an example or to identify with sinners.
But could there be a priestly typology behind it — ...
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Does anyone know the actual place (on a map?) that Jeremiah spoke to the Lord [closed]
Jeremiah had many conversations/disputes with the Lord before and during the Babylonian capture, also Baruch was his scribe so was possibly alongside.
Is there any references as to whereabouts in ...
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Did God command a priest to break the Torah in Ezekiel 5:1 by shaving his beard?
In Ezekiel 5:1, God commands:
“Take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and pass it over your head and beard...”
This action is explicitly priest-prohibited in the Torah:
Leviticus 21:5 — “...
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When Jesus was being questioned by Annas, was he covering for the disciples?
In John 18:19, the bible says "the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching", and in Jesus' answers he does not mention his disciples at all.
Is there some ...
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In John 7:45 was there more than one chief priest at the same time in 2nd Temple Judaism?
[Jhn 7:45 NASB95] [45] The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why did you not bring Him?"
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Can you have a functioning priesthood without a Levite?
Zadoks have questionably been a root lineage of a nomen apart contingent on Aaron's son Eleazar. Ezra 7: 1-4. To say there are other root lineages functioning out in the fold I cite Numbers 20: 24-28....
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What Explains the Absence of Priests in the Book of Judges
The Jewish Encyclopedia makes this surprising factual claim:
In ancient Israel one was not required to be specially consecrated in
order to perform the sacrificial functions; any one might approach ...
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Did Paul Know the High Priest Ananias well enough to Recognize Him? (Acts 22-23)
Acts 22
4 I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting
both men and women and throwing them into prison, 5 as the high priest
and all the Council can themselves testify. I even ...
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Why didn’t ruler have to sprinkle blood on the veil
In Leviticus 4:22-35 there is no mention of having to sprinkle blood on the veil as written in Leviticus 4:6 and Leviticus 4:17. The priest when sinning brings guilt upon the people from what I ...
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What is the significance of the ingredients used in the anointing oil?
Scripture says in Exodus 30:22-25:
22 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23 “Also take for
yourself quality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as
much sweet-smelling cinnamon (...
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Why were these things specifically instructed by God to be done by "the door" in Exodus 29?
There are several mentions of by "the door" in Exodus 29.
4 “And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the
tabernacle of meeting, and you shall wash them with water.
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Were there any significant differences in the responsibilities or authority of Annas and Caiaphas as high priest?
Luke writes that Annas and Caiaphas were high priests.
In Luke 3:2, while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of
God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Here Annas is ...
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Why did they put pomegranates on the priestly garments? (Exodus)
Exodus 28:33-35 NKJV
33 And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and
scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all
around: 34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a ...
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What distinguished a priest from other Levites?
II Chron. 29: “For the Levites were more conscientious to consecrate themselves than the priests.”
What made a priest different from any other Levite?
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