Ananias, son of Annas (Hanne) the High Priest
Ananias (Ananos) sits on the Sanhedrin in the priestly college.
He is the youngest son of High Priest Annas (Hanne). He appears, without being named directly, at the funeral of Lazarus: "Another of Annas's sons, the youngest."[1] Therefore, his name is only known from historical sources.
His name
Ananias, Ananie, or Hananya means in its Hebrew or Greek forms: "Yahweh has shown mercy". Historical reference: one of the companions of the prophet Daniel. Hananya is nicknamed Shadrach by the Babylonians.
Where is he mentioned in the work?
EMV 546
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Appointed high priest by King Herod Agrippa in 62, he was a Sadducee of great hardness. It was manifested when Paul appeared before the Sanhedrin (Cf. Acts 23:2 and Acts 24:1). His pontificate lasted only three months. He was deposed by Albinus, successor of Porcius Festus (Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, XV, 3, 1; XX, 9, 1-3; Wars of the Jews, V, 2, 6).