'Authorities' in the Bible

And when they had been made free, they came back to their friends, and gave an account of all the things which the chief priests and the authorities had said to them.

Now when an attempt was made by both gentiles and Jews, along with their authorities, to mistreat and stone them,

When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.

And the keeper said to Paul, The authorities have given orders to let you go: come out now, and go in peace.

And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

When they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset the world have come here also;

They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.

Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.

So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death.

"Therefore," he said, "have your authorities come down with me and present their charges against him there, if there is anything wrong with the man."