Annas
1st century CE High Priest of the Roman province of Iudaea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Ananus" redirects here. For other uses, see Ananus (disambiguation).
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.