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caiaphas
/ˈkaɪ.ə.fəs/
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What does caiaphas mean?
proper noun
- A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.
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It was in this way that Caiaphas prophesied redemption by disowning Jesus Christ.
“I’ll pull my cloak more round me… Leaving Kennetbridge for this place is like coming from Caiaphas to Pilate! … How do I look now, dear?”
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We can safely appeal from Caiaphas and Pilate to Time.
“We meet at last, Caiaphas,” said the prophet.
And at the foot of this hill was some-time a good city of Christian men, that men clept Caiffa, for Caiaphas first founded it; but it is now all wasted.