'Chief Priest' in the Bible

and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the chief priest, met together in Jerusalem.

And having been released, they went to their own, and told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

But the chief priest arose, and all that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation;

And having heard this, they entered the temple, early in the morning, and taught. But the chief priest, and those who were with him, came and called together the Sanhedrin, and all the eldership of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

When the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt about them, what this could mean.

And when they had brought them, they made them stand before the Sanhedrin; and the chief priest asked them,

And the chief priest said: Are these things so?

And Saul, still breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest,

and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

And all that heard him were astonished, and said: Is not this he who destroyed in Jerusalem those that call on this name, and who has come hither for this purpose, that he might carry them bound to the chief priests?

And there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.

as the chief priest and the whole body of elders will testify for me. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring those, also, who were there, bound to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.

And, on the next day, wishing to know certainly why he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to meet together. And he brought Paul down, and placed him before them.

And the chief priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by to smite him on the mouth.

And those who stood by said: Do you revile God's chief priest?

And Paul replied: I did not know, brethren, that he was the chief priest: for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.

And they went to the chief priests and elders, and said: We have surely bound ourselves under a curse, that we will taste nothing till we have killed Paul.

And after five days, Ananias the chief priest came down with the elders and a certain orator, Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.

And the chief priest and first men of the Jews informed him against Paul,

concerning whom, when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews informed me, asking for judgment against him.

And this I did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests: and when they were put to death, I gave my vote against them.

While I was engaged in these things, and was going to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,