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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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alike past; <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Roman Gk>yemor, dissatisfied<br />

with <strong>the</strong> trimming <strong>of</strong> Joazar, <strong>and</strong> distrustful <strong>of</strong> him,<br />

had appointed in his stead Ananos, <strong>the</strong> son <strong>of</strong> Seth,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Annas <strong>of</strong> infamous memory in <strong>the</strong> New<br />

Testament. With brief interruption, he or his son<br />

held <strong>the</strong> Pontifical <strong>of</strong>fice till, under <strong>the</strong><br />

Procuratorship <strong>of</strong> Pilate, Gaiaphas, <strong>the</strong> son-in-law<br />

<strong>of</strong> Annas, succeeded to that dignity. It has already<br />

been stated that, subject to <strong>the</strong> Roman Gk>yemors<br />

<strong>of</strong> Syria, <strong>the</strong> rule <strong>of</strong> Palestine devolved on<br />

Procurators, <strong>of</strong> whom Coponius was <strong>the</strong> first. »»itAjx<br />

W ^^ *"^^ ^^ immediate successors—Marcus<br />

Ambivius,** Annios •iKW A.n. Rufus,® <strong>and</strong><br />

Valerius Gratus,* we know little. <strong>The</strong>y were,<br />

indeed, guilty <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most grievous fiscal<br />

oppressions, but <strong>the</strong>y seem to have respected, so<br />

far as was in <strong>the</strong>m, <strong>the</strong> religious feelings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Jews. We know, that <strong>the</strong>y even removed <strong>the</strong> image<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Emperor from <strong>the</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Roman<br />

soldiers before marching <strong>the</strong>m into Jerusalem, so<br />

as to avoid <strong>the</strong> appearance <strong>of</strong> a culhis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

GsBsars. It was reserved for Pontius Pilate to<br />

force this hated emblem on <strong>the</strong> Jews, <strong>and</strong>

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