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Updated: May 19, 2025
Questioning Him first as to His Messiahship, Caiaphas, as spokesman to the rest, said formally, "If Thou art Christ, tell us." It was a sorry figure that stood before them.
The high-priest gazed curiously at his silk-gloved hands. You would have said they were objects he had never seen before. Then he returned the procurator’s stare. “We know of no such god.” “Ah!” And the procurator drew a long breath of understanding. “It is that, I believe, he preaches.” “And it is for that,” Caiaphas echoed, “that he must die. Yes, Pilate, it is for that.
Ye see him decked with purple shreds, They laugh and jeer and shake their heads, Is this the royal robe of state? Ah! what a man! Where is the trace of deity? Ah! what a man The sport of the rude hangman he. Caiaphas and Annas and the chief priests and rulers, and the council and the traders of the temple, and the witnesses accompanied the soldiers, who once more led Jesus to Pilate's house.
The Sanhedrin was again in session. Caiaphas presided, Annas as before sat on his left hand and Nathanael on his right. No sooner had all the members of the assembly taken their seats than Caiaphas rose and with radiant countenance began, "Assembled fathers, I have a joyful piece of news to impart to you. The supposed prophet from Galilee will soon, we hope, be in our hands.
As Selpha appeared bringing Jesus into the street the watch cried out loudly, "Ha, is this business already over?" Selpha said, "His defense has turned out badly," and Balbus added, "After all it gained him a smart slap over the face." Selpha said, "Take him now and away with him to the palace of Caiaphas." "Off with him," cried the soldiers tumultuously. "Lift up thy feet.
The Father whose son he vaunted himself to be had disowned him when his recognition was needed, if ever it had been needed at all. And so, with the smile of one whose labor has had its recompense, Caiaphas patted his skirt, and the elders about him strolled back through the Gannath Gate to the Temple that awaited him. The multitude meanwhile had decreased.
John, later known as the "Evangelist," was brought in, and Caiaphas began to examine him. "What do you say concerning your teacher? Has he transgressed the law of Moses?" "He has fulfilled the law." "But what new commandment has he introduced into our holy law?" "Love one another." "Did he say he was the King of the Jews?" "The Master said, 'My kingdom is not of this world."
Back upon my soul rushes the memory of my deed, like a storm of hail mingled with fire, flashing through every old dry channel, that it throbs and writhes anew, scorched at once and torn with the poisonous burning." "'It was a fair summer-morning in holy Jerusalem, and I sat and wrought at my trade, for I sewed a pair of sandals for the feet of the high priest Caiaphas.
Caiaphas answered and said, "Not only against our holy law, but also against Caesar himself has this man been guilty of serious offences. We have found him to be an insurgent and deceiver of the people." Then cried all the priests and Pharisees together tumultuously, "He is an agitator and a rebel."
"And thou mayest become a rich and famous man," added a priest. Judas said aloud, "I am contented," and added to himself, "Now the star of hope is rising for me." Then said Caiaphas to the rabbi who sat below the judgment seat arrayed in blue velvet and gold, "Bring the thirty pieces of silver out of the treasury, and pay it over in the presence of the council."
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