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Raised Incorruptible
In November 1990, workers cutting a new road in Jerusalem’s southern suburbs unintentionally intruded into a first-century family burial chamber. One of the ornately carved ossuaries contained the skeletal remains of six individuals: two infants, a young child under age 5, a boy in his early teens, an adult woman, and a 60- year-old male. The name “Yehoseph bar Qafa,” which was inscribed on that ossuary, suggested the burial chamber belonged to none other than the High Priest Caiaphas, who brought Jesus before Pilate. Caiaphas claimed both his priestly authority as the high priest and his judicial authority as the … View Resource

Jim Martin
Jim Martin has lead study tours to Israel for more than 10 years.