'Chief Priest' in the Bible

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes: and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles.

And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his teaching.

And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders come to him and say to him, By what authority dost thou these things?

And after two days was the feast of the passover and of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might apprehend him by subtlety, and put him to death.

And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

And immediately, while ye yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders.

And they led Jesus away to the high priest, and with him were assembled all the chief priests, and the elders and scribes.

Then the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus, to put him to death, and found none.

And straightway in the morning the chief priests consulted with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, and having bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

And the chief priests accused him of many things; but he answered nothing.

(For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy) But the chief priests stirred up the people to desire,

In like manner also the chief priests mocking said one to another, with the scribes, He saved others; cannot he save himself?