Mat 26:3-5 | TNotes | STEP | 26:3 The residence of Caiaphas, the high priest , was near the Temple in Jerusalem’s Upper City. Since it was not the normal meeting place, this gathering was ad hoc , urgent, and probably secretive. The council chamber, the traditional meeting place for the Sanhedrin, was located either at the southern end of the Court of the Israelites in the Temple, or on the western edge of the Temple hill. • Joseph Caiaphas , son-in-law of Annas (see John 18:13 ), was high priest from AD 18 to 36 (John 11:49 ), the longest tenure of any high priest from the time of Herod’s rule until AD 70. His father-in-law, Annas, had been deposed but continued to be called high priest as well (see Luke 3:2 ; John 18:13 , 19-24 ).

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‏ Matthew 26:3-5

26:3 ^a The residence of Caiaphas, the high priest, was near the Temple in Jerusalem’s Upper City. Since it was not the normal meeting place, this gathering was ad hoc, urgent, and probably secretive. The council chamber, the traditional meeting place for the Sanhedrin, was located either at the southern end of the Court of the Israelites in the Temple, or on the western edge of the Temple hill.

• Joseph Caiaphas, son-in-law of Annas (see John 18:13 ^b), was high priest from AD 18 to 36 (John 11:49 ^c), the longest tenure of any high priest from the time of Herod’s rule until AD 70. His father-in-law, Annas, had been deposed but continued to be called high priest as well (see Luke 3:2 ^d; John 18:13 ^e, 19-24 ^f).
26:5 ^g Jerusalem was flooded with pilgrims at Passover, and the Jewish leaders worried about having their authority taken away if they caused or allowed anything that resembled revolt against Rome (see 21:8-11 ^h, 14-16 ⁱ).