(HRnim, AnRnlRB, AnannB) wu a man of ,John. The frivoloua supposition of Thoma, grent cRpncit1· and e:rnh1si1·ene&B, charged th11t the author of thle Goepel WN! playing with fiery p!U!eione and bitter hatred of the uprm the ide11 of the beaet (Judas) and the PhRrisRic party. He wn.B a.ppoin~d high false prophet, and on the ft ve brother, of the pri!'et in A.I). 7, by Quirinn&, GovC'mor of rich man of Luke's parable, is allowed to 8yt'iR: in A.D. 14 he wu oompelled to retire disfigure this writer'& treatment of the intro- in fRvonr of hiB !OD 1Bhm11el. AftC'r him duction of the p11rt taken by Hauan, or Annas, followed Eleaz&r, and in A.D. 25 Joseph in thl' Pe.ssion-tragedy. CainphRB, hie son-in-law, WIii! nppointcd, and Vere. 12-14.-0iTv, Therefore-i.e. eince t.hie mn.n held the office till A.D. 3i. Three no further resistance we.s made by J osus-tho othersone of Ann11,i hold the like position,and band (or oohort), which here takes the lead, it \TIU! during the high priesthood of one bcilr- and the oapta.in of it, and the officers of the ing his fnthor's no.me (Ane.nns) that Je.mC's J'ewe in association with ench other, took J' eau1, the Just V.-11.8 cruelly murdered (Josephus, and bound him, BI! sign that he WBS their prieoner,and to prevent escape until he should • Ant.,' xx. 8. 1). The influence of the old be in snfe keeping. It is probe.hie that the priest throughout the entire period covered binding proooes was repeated by Anne.s and by N cw Tcsta.ment narrative wu very great. again by Caiaphas (ver. 24 and Matt. xxvii. Luke (iii. 2) speaks of AnnBS a.nd Ce.iephe.s 2), implying that during judicial examination u high priests, a.nd AnnBS is a.go.in in Acts the cordage we.s taken off, and reimposed when the accused WBI! sent from one oourt to iv. G spoken of 1L11 high priest. John never another; or else that additional bonds were speaks of him as "high priest," unless he placed upon him, for the so.ke either of must be held to do so in this paasage. Our greater security or of inflicting indignity. most thoughtful commentators differ on the Obrist, by e.coepting the indignity publicly, point whether John docs not so designate yielded his holy will, confessing the supreme ordinance of the Father as to the method in him (ver. 19), adopting the well-known which he would now glorify him. And they usage of Luke, which gave him the title of led (him) 1 to Ann&1 first. The mention of high priest. The evangelic narra.tive re- the word " first" shows that John discrimi- veals, however, quite enough to expla.in that nated between the two legal processes, the he me.y ha.ve been &t the heo.rt of the an- first being a preliminary examination of the accused, with the view of extracting from tagonism to J esns, have aided Caiaphas with him some matter which should furnish the his suggestions, e.nd consented to conduct a priests with definite charges, and to make preliminary midnight investigation which a show of partial conformity with the customs would give at ]enst a semblance of legal of their own jurisprudence. He we.a father- llllJlction to the condemnation, which, between in-l&w of Caiaphas, who was high priest that Ba111e year. John's reiteration of this state- them, they would be a.hie to secure ILII soon ment (see eh. xi. 49 a.nd note) shows that 88 the de.y dawned. In tract 'Sanhedrin,' he we.s in no ignorance of the custom and Mishna, eh. iv. 1 a.nd v. 5, we learn that, principle of high-priestly succession, which though an acqnitt&l of a prisoner or accused the Rornans had treated so arbitrarily. person might be pronounced on the day of " That same year" was the awful ye&r in which the Christ was sacrificed to the wilful trial, yet n capital sentence must be delayed Ignore.nee, malice, and unbelief of the Jews. 1.ill the following day. As this trie.l must Now Caiaphu wu he who counselled the be brought at once to a termination, such an Jews that it waa expedient that one man investigation ILII that which.John describes Bhoulddie 1 for the people (seech. xi. 50,51); would furnish the nece-.ry validity. More- and while John leaves no doubt who i1 thE' virtual high priest, he calls attention to the over, some hours must have elapsed before the fact that Jesus had no justice or meroy to Sanhedrin, under the legal superintendence expect from the decision of his judge, and of Caiaphas, could have assembled. Now, the domestic relation of AnnBS and Ce.ia.phas 1 Westcott and Hort, R.T., Tischendorf
would make it highly probable that the hall (8th edit.), with N, D, D, read fi-ya-yav instead of the Sanhedrin a.nd the house of Annas of a.r/i-ya-ya11 avT011 of T,B. Laohmann and Al ford brooket the latterreading. were on cillferent sidee of the same great • La.chmann, Tregelles, TiBchendorf (8th court of the pa.lace, and that one oonrt, aJ,ll.-1,, edit.), Alford, B.T., with N, B, O, L, and BUfficed for both. With these preliminaries, thirt.een cursives and versions, rce.d d,ro9civfi, let us proceed with the n&rraii"fe as given by instead of d..-a11.lu6e1 of T.U. cm. xvm. 1-40.] THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN.