Aaron, Moses' brother, was the first high priest of Judaism in Exodus. His son, Eleazer was his replacement when he died. As Christians, Jesus is now our high priest who stands between us and God as our mediator. We still sin as Christians, but we are forgiven if we are sincere when we repent. To repent in Greek means to "turn around", to go a different direction.
Annas was the first person Jesus was led to after He was arrested. Annas had been the High Priest in the years A.D. 6- A.D. 15. Annas' son-in-law was the current High Priest and Jesus was taken to him later. Even though Annas was not the High Priest he still had a strong voice in the Hebrew culture.
Several people were known as high priest in the Temple in Jerusalem. Among them were Ananias, Caiaphas, Aaron, Buki, and Phineas.
The brother of Moses and the first high priest of the Israelites when they left Egypt. All Cohanim (Jewish priests) are said to be descendants of Aaron.
Aaron.
Aaron, brother of Moses, was a prophet (Rashi commentary, Ezekiel 20:7) and the first Kohen Gadol (High Priest) of the Israelites (Exodus ch. 27 to ch. 29).
Aaron served as the first high priest of the Israelites and was the spokesperson for his brother Moses before Pharaoh. He was also responsible for maintaining the tabernacle and conducting religious rituals on behalf of the community.
Jesus was first taken to the high priest named Annas before being brought to Caiaphas.
Peter questioned Jesus first after He was arrested in the garden, cutting off the ear of the high priest's servant.
First Degree, Second Degree, Third Degree, and High Priest/ High Priestess
From the Hebrew name אַהֲרֹן ('Aharon) which is most likely of unknown Egyptian origin. Other theories claim a Hebrew derivation, and suggest meanings such as "high mountain" or "exalted".In the Old Testament Aaron was the older brother of Moses and the first high priest of the Israelites.
18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Reference the Biblical book of Exodus. God set Aaron, Moses' brother, to be the first High Priest of Israel. To be a High Priest, one had to be a direct descendant of Aaron as required by God and was to carry out the requirements instituted by God. The Jewish order of High Priest has ended with the Mosaic period. Jesus is now our High Priest. 20where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.
There was no set number of years that a priest could serve as the high priest. He served as long as he lived. See Talmud, Yoma 9a.
== == And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.