Caiaphas
Proper noun
Meaning
Caiaphas
A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.
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Usual messages from the heads of the establishment. The Queen from Windsor, the Pope from Rome: Pilate and Caiaphas celebrating the birth of Christ.
If He had been Antichrist, Creeping Jesus, He'd have done anything to please us; Gone sneaking into synagogues, And not us'd the Elders and Priests like dogs; But humble as a lamb or ass Obey'd Himself to Caiaphas.
As Jesus and his followers arrive exultantly in Jerusalem they are confronted by Caiaphas, who demands that Jesus disband them, which Jesus says would be futile and change nothing.
Bob Bingham (Caiaphas) and Barry Dennen (Pilate) also reprised their roles.
Caiaphas and Annas say that what he has done will save everyone and that he should not feel remorse for his actions before throwing him out of their temple.
Later in the Passion, when Jesus is being interrogated by the Sanhedrin, Caiaphas, the high priest, demands: “I order you to tell us under oath before the living God whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”