during the High-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, a message from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the Desert.
When the messengers had taken their leave, Jesus proceeded to say to the multitude concerning John, »What did you go out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind?
Then the High Priests and Elders of the People assembled in the court of the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas,
As it is written in Isaiah the Prophet, »See, I am sending My messenger before Thee, Who will prepare Thy way«;
And the child grew and became strong in character, and lived in the Desert till the time came for him to appear publicly to Israel.
»I am the voice, he replied, of one crying aloud, `Make straight the Lord's way in the Desert,' fulfilling the words of the Prophet Isaiah.«
So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the High Priest.
with Annas the High Priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the other members of the high-priestly family.