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Ananias the high priest

High priest at Paul’s hearing and trial

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As high priest he commanded that Paul be struck on the mouth when Paul stood before the council. Later he came down to Caesarea with some elders and the orator Tertullus to accuse Paul before Felix.

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  1. Paul before the council

    The commanding officer set Paul before the chief priests and the council, and the high priest Ananias ordered him struck on the mouth. When Paul cried out that he was a Pharisee on trial concerning the resurrection of the dead, Pharisees and Sadducees fell into dispute, and soldiers took him back to the barracks by force.

  2. Trial before Felix

    The high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an orator, Tertullus, who accused Paul before Felix of stirring up insurrection and trying to profane the temple. Paul answered that he had gone up to Jerusalem to worship and to bring gifts to his nation. Felix put off the case and kept Paul in custody.

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