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Also known as Ananus, Ananias

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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  • 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
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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.

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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