'Chief Priests' in the Bible

When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed about them, wondering what would come of this.

and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."

All those who heard him were amazed, and said, "Is this not he who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?"

But on the next day, wishing to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the Council to assemble, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves under a solemn oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews brought charges against Paul; and they urged him,

and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for sentence against him.

And that is just what I did in Jerusalem; I not only shut up many of the saints in prison, by authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

"On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.