'Chief priest' in the Bible
The Pharisees heard the multitude thus debating concerning him; and the chief priest and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him.
Then the officers returned to the chief priest and Pharisees,
and a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, 'Ye have not known anything,
And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation,
But the chief priest passed an edict that they would also slay Lazarus;
Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest's servant, and cut off his right ear -- and the name of the servant was Malchus --
and they led him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest of that year,
And following Jesus was Simon Peter, and the other disciple, and that disciple was known to the chief priest, and he entered with Jesus to the hall of the chief priest,
and Peter was standing at the door without, therefore went forth the other disciple who was known to the chief priest, and he spake to the female keeping the door, and he brought in Peter.
Then the chief priest questioned Jesus concerning his disciples and his teaching.
And he having said these things, one of the officers standing by did give Jesus a slap, saying, 'Thus dost thou answer the chief priest?'
Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest.
One of the servants of the chief priest, being kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, 'Did not I see thee in the garden with him?'