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only_o the_o expontifices_fw-la i._n e._n those_o who_o have_v former_o be_v high-priest_n and_o be_v then_o deprive_v of_o their_o dignity_n but_o not_o of_o the_o title_n that_o that_o i_o say_v be_v a_o mistake_n be_v plain_a from_o many_o place_n of_o josephus_n for_o he_o often_o call_v those_o man_n high-priest_n who_o it_o be_v certain_a have_v never_o be_v high-priest_n proper_o so_o call_v in_o his_o hist._n de_n bello_fw-la jud._n l._n 4._o c._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d the_o most_o approve_a say_v he_o of_o the_o high-priest_n jesus_n the_o son_n of_o gamala_n and_o ananus_fw-la the_o son_n of_o ananus_fw-la the_o same_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o gamala_n be_v again_o entitle_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d highpriest_n ibid._n c._n 6._o &_o ult_n &_o l._n 7._o c._n 29._o for_o he_o and_o ananus_fw-la be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o speak_v of_o yet_o he_o have_v never_o be_v highpriest_n proper_o so_o call_v that_o he_o be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o gamaliel_n as_o some_o may_v be_v apt_a to_o imagine_v from_o the_o likeness_n of_o the_o name_n be_v apparent_a from_o 〈◊〉_d iosephus_n life_n where_o gamala_n and_o gamaliel_n be_v mention_v together_o as_o different_a men._n in_o the_o same_o book_n viz._n the_o life_n of_o josephus_n simon_n the_o son_n of_o gamaliel_n be_v say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o of_o the_o high-priest_n so_o again_o de_fw-fr bel._n jud._n l._n 2._o c._n 42._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jesus_n the_o son_n of_o sappha_n one_o of_o the_o high-priest_n yet_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o neither_o of_o these_o have_v be_v highpriest_n proper_o so_o call_v again_o l._n 7._o c._n 4._o paragraph_n our_o author_n josephus_n call_v himself_o and_o one_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o thebuthi_n high-priest_n that_o in_o that_o place_n by_o josephus_n and_o jesus_n the_o high-priest_n he_o mean_v himself_o and_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o thebuthi_n i_o gather_v from_o hence_o that_o in_o that_o place_n he_o speak_v of_o those_o jew_n who_o go_v over_o to_o the_o roman_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o war_n and_o say_v that_o josephus_n and_o jesus_n the_o high-priest_n be_v two_o of_o '_o they_o and_o that_o he_o himself_o and_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o thibuthi_n who_o be_v both_o priest_n go_v over_o to_o the_o roman_n he_o mention_n in_o the_o course_n of_o his_o history_n which_o he_o do_v not_o do_v of_o any_o other_o josephus_n or_o jesus_n in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o mention_n mathias_n the_o highpriest_n who_o be_v kill_v by_o simon_n the_o son_n of_o geiora_n and_o the_o same_o he_o mention_n again_o l._n 6._o c._n 33._o where_o he_o tell_v we_o 33._o that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o boethus_n he_o be_v therefore_o distinct_a from_o both_o those_o matthias_n who_o have_v be_v high-priest_n proper_o so_o call_v there_o be_v other_o learned_a man_n who_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o son_n of_o the_o high-priest_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v honour_v with_o that_o 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high-priest_n whether_o proper_o or_o improper_o so_o call_v be_v by_o that_o title_n distinguish_v from_o their_o son_n their_o son_n therefore_o be_v not_o of_o course_n call_v high-priest_n it_o must_v therefore_o be_v some_o particular_a station_n that_o distinguish_v '_o they_o according_a to_o this_o notion_n which_o i_o have_v lay_v down_o concern_v the_o plurality_n of_o high-priest_n i_o interpret_v that_o text_n of_o the_o act_n and_o annas_n and_o caiaphas_n and_o john_n and_o alexander_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o all_o the_o high-priest_n or_o head_n of_o the_o several_a class_n of_o the_o priest_n who_o doubtless_o be_v all_o member_n of_o the_o sanedrin_n be_v gather_v together_o at_o jerusalem_n take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o same_o fence_n as_o when_o plato_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o as_o cicero_n take_v familia_fw-la when_o he_o say_v philosophorum_fw-la familia_fw-la these_o thing_n i_o leave_v to_o the_o consideration_n 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this_o conjecture_n that_o though_o caiaphas_n hold_v the_o high-priesthood_n much_o more_o than_o a_o year_n yet_o his_o power_n and_o authority_n be_v only_o annual_a and_o renew_v to_o he_o every_o year_n this_o conjecture_n may_v receive_v a_o confirmation_n from_o that_o tradition_n of_o the_o ancient_a rabbi_n in_o their_o 168._o gemara_n who_o speak_v of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o hasmonei_n tell_v we_o that_o in_o those_o day_n the_o highpriest_n be_v change_v every_o year_n which_o though_o it_o be_v not_o true_a of_o those_o time_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o improbable_a but_o that_o it_o may_v be_v ground_v on_o this_o that_o a_o little_a after_o under_o the_o roman_n at_o least_o for_o some_o time_n there_o be_v some_o such_o thing_n if_o not_o always_o a_o annual_a change_n yet_o a_o annual_a confirmation_n 2._o when_o it_o be_v say_v in_o s._n luke_n that_o the_o word_n of_o god_n come_v to_o john_n in_o the_o time_n of_o annas_n and_o caiaphas_n the_o high-priest_n and_o 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