NEW TESTAMENT

Luke 3:2

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during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

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Verse 2. 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 Joseph. l. xviii. Antiq. c. iii.—In these short notes I shall not pretend to examine the chronological difficulties, as to Christ’s birth, death, and so forth Witham.

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