Acts 26:12
I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests.
1 Kings 21:8-10
So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the elders and nobles who were in authority with Naboth.
Psalm 94:20-21
Can wicked rulers be allied with you? They frame mischief by decree (the law).
Isaiah 10:1
How horrible it will be for those who enact unjust laws and who decree oppressive regulations.
Jeremiah 26:8
As soon as I had finished saying all that Jehovah commanded me to say, they grabbed me and shouted: You ought to be killed for this!
Jeremiah 29:26-27
Jehovah made you priest instead of Jehoiada so that there would be officials for Jehovah's temple. You should put every madman who acts like a prophet in prison and in shackles.
John 7:45-48
The chief priests and Pharisees asked the officers: Why did you not bring him?
John 11:57
Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that, if any man knew where he was, he should report it that they might seize him.
Acts 9:1-8
Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest.
Acts 22:5-11
The High Priest and the whole Council can prove that I am telling the truth. I received letters from them written to fellow Jews in Damascus, so I went there to arrest these people and bring them back in chains to Jerusalem to be punished.
Acts 26:10
That I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the holy ones in prison. I received authority from the chief priests and gave the command to put them to death.