² during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.^(A)

⁶ with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John,^[a] and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.^(A)

²⁴ Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.^(A)

⁸⁰ The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.^(A)

Jonah Tries to Run Away from God

1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,^(A)

²³ He said,

as the prophet Isaiah said.^(A)

³ Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,^(A)

⁴⁹ But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!^{(A) 50} You do not understand that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed.”^{(B) 51} He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

Jesus Praises John the Baptist

⁷ As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?^(A)