³ Then the chief priests^[a] and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,^(A)

² during the high priesthood of Annas^(A) and Caiaphas,^(B) God’s word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.^(C)

¹³ First they led him to Annas,^(A) since he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas,^(B) who was high priest that year.