51 Bible Verses about Chief priests

So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born.

But when the high priests and the scribes saw the wonders that he did and saw the boys shouting in the Temple, "God bless the Son of David!" they were indignant,

It was then that Jesus Christ for the first time explained to his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and endure great suffering there at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day.

Then he explained to them for the first time that the Son of Man must go through much suffering, and be refused by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, and be killed, and rise again three days after.

and said, "The Son of Man must endure great suffering and be refused by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day."

"We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

"See!" he said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the heathen

When he had entered the Temple, and was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came up to him, and said, "What authority have you for doing as you do, and who gave you this authority?"

Then they went into Jerusalem again. And as Jesus was walking about in the Temple, the high priests, scribes, and elders came up and said to him, "What authority have you for doing as you do? And who gave you a right to do as you are doing?"

One day as he was teaching the people in the Temple, and preaching the good news, the high priests and scribes came up with the elders and said to him, "Tell us what authority you have for doing as you do, or who gave you any such authority?"

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his figures, they knew that he was speaking about them, and they wanted to have him arrested, but they were afraid of the people, for the people considered him a prophet.

And the scribes and high priests wanted to arrest him then and there, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had aimed this illustration at them.

The Pharisees heard the people saying these things about him in whispers, and the high priests and the Pharisees sent attendants to arrest him.

Then the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and they said, "What are we to do about the fact that this man is showing so many signs?

Then the high priests and the elders of the people gathered in the house of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and plotted to arrest Jesus by stealth and put him to death. But they said, "It must not be during the festival, or there may be a riot."

It was now two days before the festival of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. And the high priests and scribes were casting about for a way to arrest him by stealth and put him to death,

Now the high priests and the whole council were trying to get false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

The high priests and the whole council tried to get evidence against Jesus in order to put him to death, and they could find none,

When it was morning, all the high priests and elders of the people held a consultation about Jesus, with a view to putting him to death.

Then one of the Twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the high priests,

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the high priests to betray Jesus to them.

And he went off and discussed with the high priests and captains of the Temple how he could betray him to them.

Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people.

Just at that moment, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a crowd of men with swords and clubs, from the high priests, scribes, and elders.

And Jesus said to the high priests, captains of the Temple, and elders who had come to take him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as though I were a robber?

So Judas got out the garrison and some attendants from the high priests and Pharisees, and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Then Judas who had betrayed him, when he saw that he had been condemned, in his remorse brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders, and said, "I did wrong when I handed an innocent man over to death!" They said, "What is that to us? You see to it yourself." And he threw down the silver and left the Temple and went off and hung himself.read more.
The high priests gathered up the money, and they said, "It is not legal to put this into the Temple treasury, for it is blood money."

And while the high priests and elders were making their charges against him, he made no answer.

And the high priests kept heaping accusations upon him.

As soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the high priests and scribes assembled, and brought him before their council, and said to him,

Meanwhile the high priests and the scribes stood by and vehemently accused him.

But the high priests and the elders prevailed on the crowd to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death.

And Pilate said to the high priests and the crowd, "I cannot find anything criminal about this man."

When the high priests and their attendants saw him, they shouted, "Have him crucified! Have him crucified!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and have him crucified, for I can find nothing to charge him with."

And the high priests, too, made sport of him with the scribes and elders, and said,

The high priests too made sport of him to one another with the scribes and said, "He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

For he knew that the high priests had handed him over to him out of envy.

and how the high priests and our leading men gave him up to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified.

Pilate answered, "Do you take me for a Jew? Your own people and the high priests handed you over to me. What offense have you committed?"

On the next day, that is, the day after the Preparation Day, the high priests and Pharisees went in a body to Pilate and said, "Sir, we remember that when this impostor was alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again!' Give orders, therefore, to have the tomb closely guarded till the third day, so that his disciples cannot come and steal him, and then tell the people that he is risen from the dead, and that delusion be worse than the other was."read more.
Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers, and go and make it as secure as you can." And they went and set the guard and put a seal on the stone.

While they were on their way, some of the guard went into the city and reported to the high priests all that had happened. And they got together and consulted with the elders, and gave the soldiers a large sum of money, and said to them, "Tell people that his disciples came in the night and stole him away while you were asleep.read more.
And if news of it reaches the governor, we will satisfy him, and see that you do not get into trouble." So they took the money and did as they were told. And this story has been current among the Jews ever since.

At that they shouted, "Kill him! Kill him! Have him crucified!" Pilate said to them, "Am I to crucify your king?" The high priests answered, "We have no king but the emperor!"

After being released, the apostles went back to their friends, and told them what the high priests and members of the council had said to them.

When the commander of the Temple and the high priests heard this report, they were very much at a loss as to what would come of it.

He is here with authority to arrest everyone who calls upon your name."

That was what I did at Jerusalem when on the authority of the high priests I put many of God's people in prison. When they were put to death, I cast my vote against them,

The next day, as he wished to find out the real reason why the Jews denounced him, he had him unbound and ordered the high priests and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.

and they went to the high priests and elders and said to them, "We have taken a solemn oath not to touch anything to eat till we have killed Paul.

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