'Chief' in the Bible

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

And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.

And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,

On one of the days while He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders confronted Him,

But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:‘The stone which the builders rejected,This became the chief corner stone’?

The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them.

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets,

The chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.

And he went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he might betray Him to them.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a robber?

When it was day, the Council of elders of the people assembled, both chief priests and scribes, and they led Him away to their council chamber, saying,

Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.”

And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there, accusing Him vehemently.

Pilate summoned the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him.