Annas

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This article is about the Jewish High Priest. For the Indian currency unit, see Indian anna.

Annas (also Ananus[1] or Ananias;[2] Hebrew: חָנָן, khanán; Koinē Greek: Ἅννας, Hánnas; 23/22 BC – death date unknown,[3] probably around AD 40) was appointed by the Roman legate Quirinius as the first High Priest of the newly formed Roman province of Judaea in AD 6 – just after the Romans had deposed Archelaus, Ethnarch of Judaea, thereby putting Judaea directly under Roman rule.

Annas appears in the Gospels and Passion plays as a high priest before whom Jesus is brought for judgment, prior to being brought before Pontius Pilate.

  1. ^ Josephus, The Complete Works, Thomas Nelson Publishers (Nashville, Tennessee, US), 20.9.1 (1998)
  2. ^ Goodman, Martin, "Rome & Jerusalem", Penguin Books, p.12 (2007)
  3. ^ "Glossary | Ananus Ben Seth".