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Ananias son of Nedebaios ( Josephus , Antiquites xx. 5. 2, called "Ananias ben Nebedeus") in the Book of Acts, was a high priest, who presided during the trial of Paul at Jerusalem and Caesarea .1He officiated as high priest from about AD 47 to 52.2Quadratus, governor of Syria , accused him of being responsible for acts of violence. He was sent to Rome for trial (AD 52), but was acquitted by the emperor Claudius . Being a friend of the Romans, he was murdered by the people at the beginning of the First Jewish-Roman War . His son Eliezar ben Hanania was one of the leaders of the Great Revolt of Judea .3
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Ananias son of Nedebaios ( Josephus , Antiquites xx. 5. 2), was a high priest who presided during the trial of Paul at Jerusalem and Caesarea ( Acts 23:2, 24:1-5). He officiated as high priest from about AD 47 to 59 . Quadratus, governor of Syria , accused him of being responsible for acts of violence. He was sent to Rome for trial (AD 52 ), but was acquitted by the emperor Claudius . Being a friend of the Romans, he was murdered by the people at the beginning of the First Jewish-Roman War .
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Ananias son of Nebedeus (or Nedebeus ) was a high priest who, according to the Acts of the Apostles , presided during the trials of the apostle Paul at Jerusalem ( Acts 23:2 ) and Caesarea ( Acts 24:1 ).Josephus , Antiquities xx. 5. 2, called him "Ananias ben Nebedeus". He officiated as high priest from about AD 47 to 52. Hervey described him as "a violent, haughty, gluttonous, and rapacious man, and yet looked up to by the Jews".In facsimile edition at Google Books .
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1st century AD High Priest of Israel Ananias son of Nedebeus (Hebrew: חנניה בן נדבאי Ḥananyá ben Nadváy "…(son of) the philanthropist") was a high priest who, according to the Acts of the Apostles , presided during the trials of the apostle Paul at Jerusalem ( Acts 23:2 ) and Caesarea ( Acts 24:1 ). Josephus , Antiquities xx. 5. 2, called him " Ananias ben Nebedeus ". He officiated as high priest from about AD 47 to 52. Hervey described him as "a violent, haughty, gluttonous, and rapacious man, and yet looked up to by the Jews". In facsimile edition at Google Books .
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1st century AD High Priest of Israel Ananias son of Nedebeus (Hebrew: חנניה בן נדבאי Ḥananyá ben Nadváy "…(son of) the philanthropist") was a high priest who according to the Acts of the Apostles presided during the trials of the apostle Paul at Jerusalem ( Acts 23:2 ) and Caesarea ( Acts 24:1 ). Josephus calls him " Ananias ben Nebedeus ".He officiated as high priest from about 47 to 58.
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high priest who according to the acts of the apostles presided during the trials of the apostle paul at jerusal
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