Annas
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thumb|"Christ before Annas" (Duccio di Buoninsegna), ) thumb|"Annas and Caiaphas" (Dutch, ) Annas (also called Ananus , ; , ) was appointed by the Roman legate Quirinius as the first High Priest of the newly formed Roman province of Judaea in AD 6 – just after the Romans had deposed Archelaus, Ethnarch of Judaea, thereby putting Judaea directly under Roman rule.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Child
- Jonathan ben Ananus
- Occupation
- high priest
- Position held
- High Priest of Israel
- Image
- Duccio di Buoninsegna - Christ before Annas.jpg
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- Commons category
- Annas
- date of death
- 0040-00-00
- date of birth
- 0040-00-00
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- The sacerdotal family
- Ananus (Annas), son of Seth (6–15)
- [[Eleazar ben Ananus]] (16–17)
- [[Caiaphas]] (18–36)
- [[Jonathan ben Ananus]] (36–37)
- [[Theophilus ben Ananus]] (37–41)
- [[Matthias ben Ananus]] (43)
- [[Jonathan ben Ananus]] (44)
- [[Ananus ben Ananus]] (63)
- In the New Testament
- The trial of Jesus
- In the Book of Acts
- Cultural references
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|"Christ before Annas" (Duccio di Buoninsegna), ) thumb|"Annas and Caiaphas" (Dutch, ) Annas (also called Ananus , ; , ) was appointed by the Roman legate Quirinius as the first High Priest of the newly formed Roman province of Judaea in AD 6 – just after the Romans had deposed Archelaus, Ethnarch of Judaea, thereby putting Judaea directly under Roman rule.
Annas appears in the Gospels and Passion plays as a high priest before whom Jesus is brought for judgment, prior to being brought before Pontius Pilate.
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