'Chief Priests' in the Bible

saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up."

He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.

It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the Good News, that the chief priests and scribes came to him with the elders.

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people?for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him, for they feared the people.

He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them.

Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

As soon as it was day, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."

The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.

Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.