"representative character. He was no longer accepted by God as an officiating priest. This course of action, as exhibited by Caiaphas, showed human passion, human imperfection. DA 709.1"
"And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,"
Both passages mention Caiaphas as the high priest and his actions. EGW interprets Caiaphas' actions as demonstrating human passion and imperfection, suggesting he was no longer accepted by God as an officiating priest. This is a direct interpretation of Caiaphas' role and actions as described in the Bible.
"By rending his garments, Caiaphas made of no effect the law of God, to follow the tradition of men. A man- made law provided that in case of blasphemy a priest might rend his garments in horror at the sin, and be guiltless. Thus the law of God was made void by the laws of men. DA 709.2"
"And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition."
Both passages discuss how traditions can nullify God's law. Caiaphas's tradition allowed him to rend his garments, while the Pharisees' tradition allowed them to neglect honoring their parents. The core idea of tradition undermining divine law is present in both.
"Each action of the high priest was watched with interest by the people; and Caiaphas thought for effect to display his piety. But in this act, designed as an accusation against Christ, he was reviling the One of whom God had said, “My name is in Him.” Exodus 23:21 . He himself was committing blasphemy. Standing under the condemnation of God, he pronounced sentence upon Christ as a blasphemer. DA 709.3"
"Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him."
Ellen White directly references Exodus 23:21 in this passage.
"When Caiaphas rent his garment, his act was significant of the place that the Jewish nation as a nation would thereafter occupy toward God. The once favored people of God were separating themselves from Him, and were fast becoming a people disowned by Jehovah. When Christ upon the cross cried out, “It is finished” ( John 19:30 ), and the veil of the temple was rent in twain, the Holy Watcher declared that the Jewish people had rejected Him who was the antitype of all their types, the substance of all their shadows. Israel was divorced from God. Well might Caiaphas then rend his official robes, which signified that he claimed to be a representative of the great High Priest; for no longer had they any meaning for him or for the people. Well might the high priest rend his robes in horror for himself and for the nation. DA 709.4"
"When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."
Ellen White directly references John 19:30 in this passage.
"And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;"
The EGW passage directly interprets the rending of the temple veil (Matthew 27:51) as a sign of God's rejection of Israel, connecting it to Caiaphas's act of rending his garment. This is a direct interpretation and application of the biblical event.