51 Bible Verses about Chief priests

So when he had gathered together all the chief priests and rabbis of the people, he began to inquire of them where the Christ was to be born.

But when the chief priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful works he did, and the boys who were shouting in the Temple Courts and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!"

After this Jesus the Christ began to show his disciples how he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things at the hands of the elders and chief priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised again.

and he began to explain to them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests, and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise again.

and he said, "The Son of man must suffer much, and be restricted by the elders and high priests and scribes and be put to death, and on the third day be raised again."

"Look! We are on the way up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death,

"See," said he, "we are going up to Jerusalem and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and the Scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will hand him over to the Gentiles,

When he had entered the Temple courts, and was teaching, the high priests and elders of the people came to him and asked him, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Once more they came into Jerusalem; and as he was walking in the Temple courts, there came to him the high priests and Scribes and elders and asked him. "By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you this authority to do these things?"

On one of the days while he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the gospel, there came up the priest and the Scribes with the elders. They spoke to him saying. "Tell us by what authority you are doing these things? Who is it that gave you this authority?"

As they listened to his parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees recognized that he was speaking about them; but although they longed to apprehend him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.

At this the Scribes and the high priests were seeking to arrest him; only they were afraid of the people. For they perceived that he had referred to them in this parable.

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the high priest and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

So the chief priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the court of the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas, and they plotted together to get Jesus into their power by a trick, and to put him to death; but said they, "Not during the feast, for fear of causing a riot among the people."

Now two days later was the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. Both the chief priests and the Scribes were continually seeking how they might arrest him by a stratagem and kill him;

And the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to get false evidence against Jesus, in order that they might have him executed;

Meanwhile the high priests and all of the Sanhedrin were trying to get evidence against Jesus, so as to have him put to death, but they found none;

And 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.

It was then that one of the Twelve, he who was called Judas Iscariot,

Now Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went away to the high priests to betray Jesus to them;

And he went out and conferred with the chief priests and commanders

Barely had he spoken these words when Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared, accompanied by a great crowd of men with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

At that instant, while he was yet speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a mob armed with swords and clubs, sent by the high priests and Scribes and elders.

Then Jesus said to the corps of priests and captains of the temple and elders who had come out to arrest him. "Have ye come for me with swords and clubs to arrest me like a robber?

So after getting troops and some Temple police from the chief priests and Pharisees, Judas came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. "I have sinned," he said, "in betraying innocent blood!" "What is that to us?" they answered; "you must see to that." And flinging down the silver into the Sanctuary, he rushed out, and went and hanged himself.read more.
The chief priests took the money, and said, "It would be wrong to put it into the temple-treasury, because it is the price of blood."

"It is as you say," answered Jesus; but while he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

When the chief priests continued making many accusations against him, Pilate repeatedly questioned him.

When it became the day the elders if the people met with the high priests and the Scribes and had brought before the Sanhedrin, saying.

Meanwhile the high priests and Scribes were standing around, and continually making accusations to him against him.

But the chief priests and the elders urged the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus.

And Pilate said to the chief priest and the crowd, "I find no harm in this man."

So when the chief priests and the police saw him, they shouted. "Crucify him! Crucify him!" "Take him yourselves and crucify him," said Pilate, "for I find no crime in him."

In like manner the chief priests, too, with the Scribes and elders, kept taunting him.

In the same way the high priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on mocking him to themselves. "He saved others," they said, "but himself he cannot save.

For he recognized that it was through spite that the high priests had handed him over.

"and how our high priest and ruler delivered him to be condemned to death and crucified him.

"I am not a Jew, am I?" replied Pilate; "It is your own nation and the high priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?"

The day after??hat is, the day following the Preparation??he chief priests and Pharisees went in a body to Pilate and said: "We recollect, Sir, that when he was living this imposter said, 'I will rise again after three days.' Now therefore give order to have the sepulcher securely guarded until the third day, for fear his disciples may come and steal him away, and then tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead'; and so the last error will be worse than the first."read more.
"You can have a guard," said Pilate. "Go your way, make it as secure as you can." So they went and made the sepulcher secure, by sealing the stone in the presence of the guard.

Now while they were on their way, some of the guard went into the city and told the high priest all that had happened. And when they had met with the elders and conferred together, they heavily bribed the soldiers and told them to say, "His disciples came by night and stole him away, while we were asleep."read more.
"If this should reach the Governor's ears," they said, "we will satisfy him and screen you from punishment." So the soldiers took the money, and did as they were told; and this story has been noised abroad among the Jews, and continues to this day.

Then they shouted. "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" "Crucify your King?" said Pilate. The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"

As soon as the apostles were released, they went to their friends, and told what the high priests and elders had said.

When the officer in charge of the Temple and the high priest heard these words, they were perplexed concerning them, wondering what would come of it.

"In this city, too, he has authority from the chief priests to arrest all those who call upon thy name."

"And this also I did in Jerusalem. Armed with authority from the chief priests, I shut up many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death I gave my vote against them.

The next day, as he wished to learn the real reason why the Jews accused Paul, he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and brought Paul down, and placed him before them.

They went to the high priests and elders, and said to them. "We have bound ourselves by a solemn oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.

The high priest and the Jewish leaders laid charges against Paul before him.