ANNAS (Gr. Ἄννας, Heb. הָנָן)
ANNAS (Gr. Ἄννας, Heb. הָנָן, ‘merciful’ [in Josephus, Ananos]) Annas the son of Sethi, appointed high priest by Quirinius in a.d. 6 or 7, retained office till he was deposed by Valerius Gratus in a.d. 15 (Jos. Ant. XVIII. ii. 1, 2). Josephus tells us that he was regarded as the most fortunate of men, …