51 Bible Verses about Chief priests

and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ is born.

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful works which he performed, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! they were displeased,

From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and raised on the third day.

And he began to teach 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 killed, and after three days be raised again.

saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.

Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the gentiles,

AND Jesus having gone into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?

And they came again to Jerusalem; and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and scribes, and elders came to him, and said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you this authority to do them?

And on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and scribes, with the elders, came upon him, and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority you do these things? and who gave you this authority?

And the chief priests and Pharisees hearing his parables, knew that he spoke of them; and they sought to take him, but feared the people, because they regarded him as a prophet.

And the scribes and chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that time; and they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable to them.

The Pharisees heard the multitude saying these things concerning him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent to take him by force.

Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrim, and said, What do we accomplish? for this man performs many miracles.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were assembled in the court of the chief priest, who was called Caiaphas, and they took counsel to seize Jesus by stratagem, and kill him. But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.

AND after two days was the passover and the unleavened bread. And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might take him by deception, and kill him.

And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim sought false testimony against Jesus to kill him,

And the chief priests and all the Sanhedrim sought testimony against Jesus to kill him, and did not find it.

AND when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to kill him.

Then went one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot to the chief priests,

And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray him to them.

and he went and conferred with the chief priests and commanders as to how he might deliver him to them.

And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

And immediately, while he was yet speaking, Judas the Iscariot, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, and scribes, and elders.

And Jesus said to the chief priests, and commanders of the temple, and elders who came against him, Have you come with swords and clubs, as against a robber?

Then Judas taking the guard and the officers of the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with torches, and lamps, and weapons.

Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting, returned the thirty shekels of silver [$16.80] to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned, betraying innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see you to it. And throwing down the silver in the temple he departed; and having gone away strangled himself.read more.
And the chief priests taking the silver said, It is not lawful to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders he answered nothing.

And the chief priests accused him of many things.

And when it was day, the eldership of the people, and the chief priests, and scribes were assembled, and they brought him into their sanhedrim, saying,

And the chief priests and scribes stood up, violently accusing him.

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the people to ask for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus.

And Pilate said to the chief priests, and the multitudes, I find no fault with this man.

When therefore the chief priests and officers saw him, they cried, saying, Crucify him! crucify him! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no fault in him.

And the chief priests in like manner also mocked him, with the scribes and elders, and said,

In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes, said one to another, He saved others; himself he cannot save;

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up from envy.

and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to the sentence of death, and crucified him,

Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have delivered you to me; what have you done?

AND on the next day, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees were assembled together to Pilate, and said, Sir, we remember that this deceiver said when he was yet alive, After three days I will rise. Command, therefore, the tomb to be made safe till the third day, lest his disciples should come and steal him, and say to the people, He is raised from the dead, and the last error be worse than the first.read more.
Pilate said to them, You have a guard; go and make it as safe as you can. And they went and made the tomb safe with a guard, having sealed the stone.

And as they went, behold, some of the guard came into the city and told the chief priests all the things which had happened. And being assembled with the elders, and taking counsel, they gave large sums of money to the soldiers, saying, Say that his disciples came by night and stole him while we slept;read more.
and if this is heard of by the procurator we will satisfy him and secure you. And they took the silver and did as they were told; and this report is circulated among the Jews to this day.

Then they cried out, Away with him, away with him! crucify him! Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

And being dismissed they came to their friends, and related to them what the chief priests and elders said to them.

And when they heard these words, both the priest and the commander of the temple and the chief priests doubted concerning them, what this could mean.

and here he has power from the chief priests to bind all that call on your name.

which I also did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were killed I gave my vote against them.

AND on the next day, wishing to know the truth in respect to what he was accused of by the Jews, [the chiliarch] released him, and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrim to come together; and bringing Paul down he set him before them.

who came to the chief priests and elders and said, We have bound ourselves under a curse to taste nothing till we kill Paul.

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