Then the leading priests and elders of the [Jewish] people were gathered in the courtroom of the head priest, named Caiaphas.
Acts 4:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) [They were]: Annas, the head priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all the head priest’s family [members]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Including Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and all others who belonged to the high priestly relationship. American Standard Version (1901) and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest. Common English Bible along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others from the high priest’s family. Catholic Public Domain Version including Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the priestly family. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Annas the high priest, and Caiphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest. |
Then the leading priests and elders of the [Jewish] people were gathered in the courtroom of the head priest, named Caiaphas.
[During this time], while Annas and Caiaphas [Note: This man was Annas’ son-in-law. See John 18:13] were head priests, God’s message came to John [the Immerser], son of Zacharias, [when he was] in the desert [of Judea].
But a certain member of the Sanhedrin, [named] Caiaphas, who was head priest that year, said to [the rest of] them, “You do not know what you are talking about.
So, Annas had Him tied up and sent Him [on] to Caiaphas, the head priest.
And when these men had Peter and John brought before them, they asked, “By whose authority or in what name have you done this thing [i.e., healed the crippled man]?”
And when the apostles heard this, they entered the Temple about dawn and began teaching [about Jesus]. [A little later] the head priest and the Sadducees [see verse 17] called the Council [i.e., the Sanhedrin] and all of the ruling body of Jewish leaders together and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought in to them [for further questioning].