Caiaphas
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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In an interview, Marans said the play is not perfect — he still has concerns about the depiction of Caiaphas — but that “the progress is monumental.”
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2022
And Alvin Crawford brings bravado to the treacherous high priest Caiaphas, whose booming vocals are complemented by Tyce Green’s screeching accomplice Annas.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2022
He wrote, “Blame yourself, O humankind, whether of the Jews or the Gentiles. . . . Not only Caiaphas and Pilate, but I myself am the murderer.”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 25, 2016
Two of those figures, Pontius Pilate and Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest, conspire and scheme with and against each other in an effort to maintain order and control.
From Newsweek • Apr. 5, 2015
His friend and partner, John, who appears to have had friends in the house of Caiaphas, obtained admission for him and he waited therein, as Matthew says, "to see the end."
From The Making of an Apostle by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)
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