While they were talking to the people, the high priests, the military commander of the temple, and the Sadducees came down upon them,

met in Jerusalem, including Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all that were members of the high priest's family.

When they were turned loose, the apostles went back to their companions and told them what the high priests and elders had said to them.

Now the high priest took a stand, and all his friends, the party of the Sadducees; and being filled with jealousy,

So they obeyed, and about the break of day they went into the temple square and began to teach. The high priest and his party arrived and called a meeting of the council and the whole senate of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have the men brought in.

When the military commander of the temple square and the high priest heard this, they were utterly at a loss to know how this might turn out.

So they brought them and had them stand before the council. And the high priest asked them,

The high priest asked, "Are these statements true?"

Now Saul, as he was still breathing threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

Now he is here and has authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call upon your name."

And all who heard him were astounded and said, "Is not this the man who harassed those who called upon this name in Jerusalem, and has come here expressly for the purpose of putting them in chains and taking them back to the high priests?"

Sceva, a Jewish high priest, had seven sons who were doing this.

as the high priest and the whole council will bear me witness. Indeed, I had received letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on the way there to bind those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.

The next day, as he wished to learn the exact reason why the Jews accused him, he had him unbound, and ordered the high priest and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.

At this the high priest Ananias ordered the people standing near him to strike him on the mouth.

The people standing near him said, "Do you mean to insult God's high priest?"

Paul answered, "I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest, for the Scripture says, 'You must not speak evil against any ruler of your people.'"

They went to the high priests and elders and said to them, "We have taken a solemn oath not to taste a morsel till we have killed Paul.

Five days later, the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a prosecuting attorney, Tertullus, and through him they presented their case against Paul before the governor.

and the high priests and the Jewish elders presented their charges against Paul,

and when I was in Jerusalem, the Jewish high priests and elders presented their case against him, and continued to ask for a judgment against him.

That was what I did at Jerusalem; yes, I received authority from the high priests and shut behind the prison bars many of God's people. Yes, when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them, and often in all the synagogues

While in this business I once was on my way to Damascus with authority based on a commission from the high priests,