Matthew 26:3

Then were the chief priests and scribes, and the elders of the people gathered together in the palace of the high-priest, called Caiaphas.

Matthew 27:1

NOW when the morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus how they might put him to death.

Matthew 27:41-42

And with similar language also did the chief priests, insulting him, with the scribes and elders, and Pharisees,

Acts 4:5-6

Now it came to pass that the next morning, their rulers, and elders, and scribes, were assembled at Jerusalem,

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the transcendent excellence of the power might be of God, and not of us.

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Summary

Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;

The ancients of the people

Bible References

The ancients of the people

Matthew 26:3
Then were the chief priests and scribes, and the elders of the people gathered together in the palace of the high-priest, called Caiaphas.
Matthew 27:1
NOW when the morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus how they might put him to death.
Acts 4:5
Now it came to pass that the next morning, their rulers, and elders, and scribes, were assembled at Jerusalem,