JOHN
(Gr. «’loannes», from the Heb. «Yõhãnãn»: «Jehovah has given favor»).
Jewish dignitary. Together with Annas, Caiaphas, Alexander and all the other personalities of the family of the high priest, to which he possibly belonged, he brought Peter and John to appear, who had to give an account of his preaching (Acts 4:6 ).