Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zachariah in the wilderness.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Under the high priests, Annas and Caiphas. There was properly but one high priest at a time; and Caiphas had this office and title all the ten years that Pilate governed Judea. See Josephus, lib. xviii. Antiq. chap. iii.
In these short notes I shall not pretend to examine the chronological difficulties, as to Christ's birth, death (Witham)