King James Version
John 18:24 in the King James Version says “Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.” — study this verse from John chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.”
John 18:24 · KJV
And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand , saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? with: or, with a rod
Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“had sent”
G649set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“unto”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“the high priest”
G749the high-priest (literally, of the jews; typically, christ); by extension a chief priest
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