'Chief' in the Bible

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

There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

Every day He was teaching in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy Him,

One day as He was teaching the people in the temple complex and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came up

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on Him that very hour, because they knew He had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death, because they were afraid of the people.

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and temple police how he could hand Him over to them.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?

When daylight came, the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes, convened and brought Him before their Sanhedrin.

Pilate then told the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no grounds for charging this man.”

The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing Him.

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

and how our chief priests and leaders handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified Him.