Annas
1st century CE High Priest of the Roman province of Iudaea · Religious Figures · Lived 40 BC to AD 40 · aged 79
The high priest who first interrogated Jesus before the trial moved to Pilate - a power behind the throne installed by Rome, threading the needle between imperial authority and temple law.
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Duccio di Buoninsegna - Christ before Annas
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Bowyer Bible print 5525 Jesus is taken to Annas John 18 13 Borcht_-_James_Tissot.jpg?width=1200)
Brooklyn Museum - Annas and Caiaphas (Anne et Caïphe) - James Tissot_-_James_Tissot.jpg?width=1200)
Brooklyn Museum - The Tribunal of Annas (Le tribunal d'Anne) - James TissotAbout this person
Annas ben Seth was appointed High Priest of Judaea in 6 AD by the Roman legate Quirinius, just after Rome deposed the Ethnarch Archelaus and placed Judaea under direct imperial control. He held the office until 15 AD, navigating the uneasy junction of Roman occupation and Jewish religious authority. The Gospels place him in the sequence of Jesus's arrest: brought before Annas for questioning before being handed to Pontius Pilate. His role in the Passion narrative has kept his name circulating for two millennia, less as biography than as a hinge in the story that reshaped the world.