This is the name of Caiaphas: High priest during Jesus' ministry and trial.
Definition
Καιάφας (T, Καϊ-), -α ὁ,
Caiaphas (on the name, see Exp. Times, x, 185): Matthew 26:3, 57, Luke 3:2, John 11:4; 18:13-14, 24; 18:28, Acts 4:6.
Καΐφας, for Καιάφας, which see: Luke 3:2 (L)
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Where it occurs
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- Matthew 26:3Καϊάφα · CaiaphasAt that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
- Matthew 26:57Καϊάφαν · CaiaphasThose who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.
- Luke 3:2Καϊάφα · Caiaphas…during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
- John 11:49Καϊάφας · [named] CaiaphasBut one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
- John 18:13Καϊάφα · of CaiaphasThey brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
- John 18:14Καϊάφας · CaiaphasCaiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.
- John 18:24Καϊάφαν · CaiaphasThen Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
- John 18:28Καϊάφα · CaiaphasThen they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
- Acts 4:6Καϊάφας · Caiaphas…along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.