'Chief' in the Bible

Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.

From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day.

“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death,

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,‘The stone which the builders rejected,This became the chief corner stone;This came about from the Lord,And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues,

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;

Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.

Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;

Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.”

And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,

Now on the next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

Now while they were on their way, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.