after ananus was deposed as high priest, he continued to exercise leadership. "under the guidance of former high priest ananus ben ananus, they (the sanhedrin) exhorted the populace for support against the radical priestly zealots, as these 'persuaded those who officiated in the temple sacrifices to accept no gift or services from a foreigner' (bj ii, 409-414)." later, he marshaled recruits to fight the zealots, resulting in the zealot temple siege. while commanding the jews during the siege, ananus was killed by the idumeans when they were let into jerusalem by the zealots.