Acts 4:6
New International Version
Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others of the high priest’s family.

New Living Translation
Annas the high priest was there, along with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and other relatives of the high priest.

English Standard Version
with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.

Berean Standard Bible
along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.

Berean Literal Bible
and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of high-priestly descent.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible
and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.

NASB 1995
and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.

NASB 1977
and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.

Legacy Standard Bible
and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.

Amplified Bible
and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all others who were of high-priestly descent.

Christian Standard Bible
with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all the members of the high-priestly family.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John and Alexander, and all the members of the high-priestly family.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And also Hannan The High Priest, Kaypha, Yohannan, Alexandrus and those who were from the family of The Chief Priests.

Contemporary English Version
The high priest Annas was there, as well as Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and other members of the high priest's family.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Annas the high priest, and Caiphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The chief priest Annas, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the rest of the chief priest's family were present.

Good News Translation
They met with the High Priest Annas and with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the others who belonged to the High Priest's family.

International Standard Version
with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the rest of the high priest's family.

Literal Standard Version
and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the chief priest,

Majority Standard Bible
along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.

New American Bible
with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly class.

NET Bible
Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest's family.

New Revised Standard Version
with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.

New Heart English Bible
Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were assembled at Jerusalem.

Weymouth New Testament
with Annas the High Priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the other members of the high-priestly family.

World English Bible
Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.

Young's Literal Translation
and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the chief priest,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Peter and John Before the Council
5The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem, 6along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family. 7They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”…

Cross References
Matthew 26:3
At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

Luke 3:2
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

Acts 4:7
They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: "By what power or what name did you do this?"

Acts 5:21
At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin--the full assembly of the elders of Israel--and sent to the jail for the apostles.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

Annas.

Luke 3:2
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

John 11:49
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

John 18:13,14,24
And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year…

Jump to Previous
Alexander Annas Assembled Caiaphas Ca'iaphas Chief Descent Family Gathered High High-Priestly Jerusalem John Kindred Members Priest Priestly Priest's Relations Relatives Together
Jump to Next
Alexander Annas Assembled Caiaphas Ca'iaphas Chief Descent Family Gathered High High-Priestly Jerusalem John Kindred Members Priest Priestly Priest's Relations Relatives Together
Acts 4
1. The rulers of the Jews, offended with Peter's sermon,
3. imprison him and John.
5. After, upon examination
8. Peter boldly avouching the lame man to be healed by the name of Jesus,
11. and that only by the same Jesus we must be eternally saved,
13. they threaten him and John to preach no more in that name,
23. whereupon the church flees to prayer.
31. And God, by moving the place where they were assembled, testifies that he heard their prayer;
34. confirming the church with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and with mutual love and charity.














(6) And Annas the high priest . . .--These are mentioned by themselves as representing the section that had probably convened the meeting, and came in as if to dominate its proceedings. The order of the first two names is the same as in Luke 3:2, and as that implied in John 18:13; John 18:24. Annas, or Ananus, had been made high priest by Quirinus, the Governor of Syria, filled the office A.D. 7-15, and lived to see five of his sons occupy it after him. At this time, Joseph Caiaphas was the actual high priest (see Note on John 11:49), having been appointed in A.D. 17. He was deposed A.D. 37. He had married the daughter of Annas; and the latter seems to have exercised a dominant influence, perhaps, as the Nasi, the Prince, or President, of the Sanhedrin, during the remainder of his life. If he presided on this occasion, it may explain St. Luke's calling him "the high priest."

John.--This may have been the Johanan ben Zaccai, who is reported by Jewish writers to have been at the height of his fame forty years before the destruction of the Temple, and to have been President of the Great Synagogue after its removal to Jamnia. The identification is, at the best, uncertain; but the story told of his death-bed, in itself full of pathos, becomes, on this assumption, singularly interesting. His disciples asked him why he wept: "O light or Israel, . . . . whence these tears?" And he replied: "If I were going to appear before a king of flesh and blood, he is one who to-day is and to-morrow is in the grave; if he were wroth with me, his wrath is not eternal; if he were to cast me into chains, those chains are not for ever; if he slay me, that death is not eternal; I might soothe him with words or appease him with a gift. But they are about to bring me before the King of kings, the Lord, the Holy and Blessed One, who liveth and abideth for ever. And if He is wroth with me, His wrath is eternal; and if He bind, His bonds are eternal; if He slay, it is eternal death; and Him I cannot soothe with words or appease with gifts. And besides all this, there are before me two paths, one to Paradise and the other to Gehenna, and I know not in which they are about to lead me. How can I do aught else but weep?" (Bab-Beracoth, fol. 28, in Lightfoot: Cent.-Chorogr., Acts 15)

Alexander.--This name has been identified by many scholars with Alexander, the brother of Philo, the Alabarch, or magistrate of Alexandria (Jos. Ant. xviii. 8, ? 1; xix. 5, ? 1). There is, however, not the shadow of any evidence for the identification.

As many as were of the kindred of the high priest.--The same phrase is used by Josephus (Ant. xv. 3, ? 1), and may mean either those who were personally related by ties of blood with the high priest for the time being, or the heads of the four-and-twenty courses of priests. (See Notes on Matthew 2:4; Luke 1:5.) All these had probably taken part in our Lord's condemnation. . . .

Verse 6. - Annas the high priest was there for Annas the high priest, a.V. This is the same Annas as is mentioned in Luke 3:2 and John 18:13, and is described as "father-in-law to Caiaphas." He is called by Josephus, Ananus. The succession of the high priests was so irregular, and their tenure of the office so uncertain, in these later years of the Jewish commonwealth, being dependent upon the caprice of the civil rulers who appointed and deposed them at their pleasure, that it does not surprise us to find Annas and Caiaphas high priests at the commencement of John the Baptist's ministry, then Caiaphas at the time of our Lord's passion, and now Annas again. It is possible, however, that Annas may have continued to be president of the Sanhedrim, and be called high priest, even when not actually so. He seems to have lived to old age. He is mentioned by Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 20, 60:1) as having had the singular felicity not only of enjoying the high priesthood himself for a great length of time, but of having five sons promoted to the dignity of high priest, viz. Eleazar, Jonathan, Theophilus, Mat-thins, and Ananus (or Annas). Caiaphas (John 18:13). Of John and Alexander nothing further is known, but Farrar conjectures that John may be "the celebrated Johanan Ben Zakkai, and Alexander perhaps the wealthy brother of Philo" ('Life of St. Paul,' 1. p. 107). Of the kindred of the high priest; rather, of the high priestly race. The high priests were only taken from certain families; the members of which were called ἀρχιερεῖς, or chief priests, A.V. (Matthew 16:21; Matthew 26:47, etc.), Many of these would naturally be the near relations of the high priest.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
along with
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Annas
Ἅννας (Hannas)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 452: Annas, high priest at Jerusalem. Of Hebrew origin; Annas, an Israelite.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

high priest,
ἀρχιερεὺς (archiereus)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 749: High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.

Caiaphas,
Καϊάφας (Kaiaphas)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2533: Caiaphas, Jewish high priest. Of Chaldee origin; the dell; Caiaphas, an Israelite.

John,
Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2491: Of Hebrew origin; Joannes, the name of four Israelites.

Alexander,
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 223: From the same as alektor and aner; man-defender; Alexander, the name of three Israelites and one other man.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

many others
ὅσοι (hosoi)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3745: How much, how great, how many, as great as, as much. By reduplication from hos; as As.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

the high priest’s
ἀρχιερατικοῦ (archieratikou)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 748: High priestly, to which the chief priest belongs. From arche and a derivative of hieros; high-priestly.

family.
γένους (genous)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 1085: Offspring, family, race, nation, kind. From ginomai; 'kin'.


Links
Acts 4:6 NIV
Acts 4:6 NLT
Acts 4:6 ESV
Acts 4:6 NASB
Acts 4:6 KJV

Acts 4:6 BibleApps.com
Acts 4:6 Biblia Paralela
Acts 4:6 Chinese Bible
Acts 4:6 French Bible
Acts 4:6 Catholic Bible

NT Apostles: Acts 4:6 Annas the high priest was there (Acts of the Apostles Ac)
Acts 4:5
Top of Page
Top of Page