# Caiaphas — Jesus the Son of Man character guide

> Caiaphas in Jesus the Son of Man by Kahlil Gibran.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the High Priest

**First appearance:** 0006-caiaphas-the-high-priest

## Snapshot

Jerusalem's High Priest, guardian of temple order, who watches a Galilean teacher turn the Holy City's crowds and courts against his authority.

## Who they are

Caiaphas stands at the apex of the temple hierarchy, the man whose word decides who may worship and who is cast out. His world is measured in precedent and priestly caution, and Jesus's arrival — overturning tables, forgiving sins, gathering crowds in the porticoes — strikes at the very scaffolding of his power. He is not a cartoon villain but a custodian of fragile order, and his early suspicion of the Nazarene quietly sets the machinery of the passion in motion.

## In the story

### [Caiaphas the High Priest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jesus_the_son_of_man_se/chapters/caiaphas-the-high-priest)

Caiaphas justifies the execution of Jesus as a necessary act to protect the Torah and the kingdom, and vows to silence Jesus' followers.

### [A Man from Lebanon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jesus_the_son_of_man_se/chapters/a-man-from-lebanon)

Mentioned alongside Annas as still living their day, judging the guilty and innocent while sleeping on feathered beds.

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