Verse 2
Annas. See App-94 .
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests. Caiaphas was the High Priest as successor of Aaron; while Annas was the Nasi, or head of the Sanhedrin (as successor of Moses), and thus associated with Caiaphas in government. This explains John 18:13 , John 18:24 , and Acts 4:6 .
the word of God came, &c. See App-82 . Compare Jeremiah 1:2 .Ezekiel 6:1 , &c. John was the last and greatest of the prophets.
unto = upon. Greek. epi. App-104 . Not the same word as in Luke 9:12 , Luke 9:13 , Luke 9:14 .
John the son of Zacharias . In Matthew, John the Baptist.
the wilderness : i.e. in the cities and towns of the opencountry. See Luke 3:4 ; Joshua 15:61 , Joshua 15:62 ; and 1Sa 23:14 , 1 Samuel 23:24 .
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