According to tradition there was great luxury in the Houses of the high-priestly families…. ❋ DR. GENE GETZ (2004)
It was reported that Martha of the high-priestly family of Boethus was so pampered that she carpeted the whole distance from her house to the Temple gate because she wanted to see her husband Joshua b. ❋ DR. GENE GETZ (2004)
If it be further assumed that Annas and Caiaphas occupied different sides of the same high-priestly palace, the double examination reported by John would still be within hearing from the one court in which the faithless disciple was a fascinated witness of his Master's trial. ❋ Rush Rhees (N/A)
Even those who had been the most determined Romanizers, such as the high-priestly circle, were induced, either by a belief in the chances of success or from a desire to protect themselves by a seeming adherence to the national cause, to throw in their lot with the war party. ❋ Norman Bentwich (1927)
The leaders of the high-priestly party had been killed by the Zealots, but their followers remained to hamper the defense of the city. ❋ Norman Bentwich (1927)
He belonged to a priestly (not a high-priestly) family of Anathoth, a small country town northeast of Jerusalem now called Anatâ; but he seems never to have performed priestly duties at the temple. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Gospels -- the high-priestly prayer in John, xvii, and the Passion according to St. John. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
By antagonizing the religious and national sentiments of his countrymen, he won favour at court, and though not of high-priestly stock, he was appointed high-priest by Lysias, the regent of Antiochus Eupator (162 B.C.); but the opposition to the ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
The commanding position of the former high-priest is attested also by the prominent place awarded to him in Acts, iv, 6; here Annas is introduced as "the High-Priest", whilst Joseph Caiaphas's name simply follows with those of the other members of the high-priestly race. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Six store-chambers she displayed daily to the women she had bidden as guests; aye, she did not even shrink from arraying herself in the high-priestly garments. ❋ Louis Ginzberg (1913)
Just as the active obedience of Christ has its high-priestly worth pre-eminently in this, that God sees us in Christ as associates in his obedience; so the high-priestly worth of his passive obedience consists pre-eminently in this, that we see God in Christ and Christ as the most immediate participant in the eternal love which sent and equipped him. ❋ 1862-1929 (1911)
The second is furnished in baptism and the Supper, and these represent his high-priestly activity. ❋ 1862-1929 (1911)
"Not for the world do I pray," says Jesus in the high-priestly prayer. ❋ 1872-1939 (1904)
But read the great high-priestly prayer He left for us in John xvii. ❋ Arno Clemens Gaebelein (1903)
He declared this truth first of all in His high-priestly prayer, when He said, "I pray for them, I pray not for the world" (John xvii: 9). ❋ Arno Clemens Gaebelein (1903)
