Was Judas the Galilean stoned by Ananus?

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Was Judas the Galilean stoned by Ananus?

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Antiquities 18:3:
Upon whose death Tiberius Nero, his wife Julia’s son, succeeded. [A.D. 15.] He was now the third Emperor: and he sent Valerius Gratus to be procurator of Judea, and to succeed Annius Rufus. This man [Gratus] deprived Ananus of the High Priesthood; and appointed Ismael, the son of Phabi, to be High Priest.

Why was Ananus deprived of the high priesthood by Gratus? Because probably Ananus was the anonymous priest who used violence to have money (Antiquities 20:8 talking really about the same event):

Antiquities 20.6, 5 Antiquities 20:8, 2

About this time King Agrippa gave the High Priesthood to Ismael, who was the son of Fabi. And now arose a sedition between the High Priests, (23) and the principal men of the multitude of Jerusalem
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And such was the impudence and boldness that had seized on the High Priests, that they had the hardiness to send their servants into the threshing floors, to take away those tythes that were due to the Priests. Insomuch, that it so fell out, that the poorer sort of the priests died for want. To this degree did the violence of the seditious prevail over all right and justice!


But as for the High Priest Ananias, he increased in glory every day; and this to a great degree: and had obtained the favour and esteem of the citizens in a signal manner. For he was a great hoarder up of money. He therefore cultivated the friendship of Albinus, and of the High Priest [Jesus,] by making them presents. He had also servants who were very wicked; who joined themselves to the boldest sort of the people, and went to the threshing floors, and took away the tythes that belonged to the priests by violence: and did not refrain from beating such as would not give these tythes to them.


This implies who Ananus was active during the governorship of Valerius Gratus.

But then the following passage of Antiquities 20:200:

Festus was now dead; and Albinus was but upon the road. So he assembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus who was called Christ, whose name was James: and some others; [or, some of his companions.] And when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned. (27) But as for those who seemed the most equitable of the citizens, and such as were the most uneasy at the breach of the laws, they disliked what was done. They also sent to the King [Agrippa,] desiring him to send to Ananus that he should act so no more: for that what he had already done was not to be justified. Nay some of them went also to meet Albinus, as he was upon his journey from Alexandria; and informed him, that it was not lawful for Ananus to assemble a sanhedrim without his consent. Whereupon Albinus complyed with what they said; and wrote in anger to Ananus; and threatened that he would bring him to punishment for what he had done. On which account King Agrippa took the High Priesthood from him, when he had ruled but three months; and made Jesus, the son of Damneus High Priest.


...has been transposed from his original location, where it read originally so:


Augustus was now dead; Tiberius gave the governorship of the Judea to Valerius Gratus. And Gratus was but upon the road. So he [Ananus] assembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus who was called Christ, whose name was James: and some others; [or, some of his companions.] And when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned. (27) But as for those who seemed the most equitable of the citizens, and such as were the most uneasy at the breach of the laws, they disliked what was done. They also sent to Gratus desiring him to send to Ananus that he should act so no more: for that what he had already done was not to be justified. Nay some of them went also to meet Gratus, as he was upon his journey from Alexandria; and informed him, that it was not lawful for Ananus to assemble a sanhedrim without his consent. Whereupon Gratus complyed with what they said; and wrote in anger to Ananus; and threatened that he would bring him to punishment for what he had done. On which account Gratus took the High Priesthood from him, when he had ruled but three months; and made Ismael, the son of Fabus.

It is not enough. The Just was not James. 'Just' is the translation of 'Saddoc', the ally of Judas the Galilean.

Hence the original text talked about Ananus who, profiting of the absence of Gratus, condemned Judas the Galilean to be condemned to death by stoning.

The author of the Earliest Gospel has replaced Judas the Galilean, stoned by Ananus, with Jesus called Christ, crucified by Pilate.

The corollary is that the governorship of Pilate has been extended because originally it was placed between Rufus and Gratus.
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