Annas is the personal name used for the man named in high-priestly settings and in Jesus’ transfer to Caiaphas.

The term functions as a personal name in every attested verse: it identifies a man in high-priestly contexts, including the setting with Caiaphas and the transfer of Jesus to Caiaphas.

1. Personal name in high-priestly settings · dominant

   The nominative form identifies the named person in Acts 4:6 among the high-priestly family and in John 18:24 as the one who sent Jesus, bound, to Caiaphas. The accusative form in John 18:13 marks the person to whom Jesus was brought first, while the genitive form in Luke 3:2 occurs in the phrase concerning the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas; in these verses the APB renders the name “Annas.”

   Acts 4:6John 18:13John 18:24Luke 3:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term consistently as “Annas,” whether he is named in the high-priestly setting, receives Jesus, or sends him to Caiaphas. The verse is read as a whole, but its clauses preserve the name in each instance.