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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
The law commanded that the Jews should have one high priest for his entire life; yet at that time they had many high priests, who one after another each year purchased their authority from the Romans. Thus the evangelist calls "high priests" those who, having served for some time in the high priesthood, had left it.
Western Saints
Bede
And they led Jesus to the high priest. The high priest means Caiphas, who (as the evangelist John writes) was the high priest of that year. Josephus also testifies in agreement about this, saying that he obtained the high priesthood without merit from the Roman ruler. Therefore, it is not surprising if an unjust high priest judges unjustly.
Glossa Ordinaria
The Evangelist had related above how our Lord had been taken by the servants of the Priests, now he begins to relate how He was condemned to death in the house of the High Priest: wherefore it is said, And they led Jesus away to the High Priest.
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