17 occurrences in 29 translations

'Chief priest' in the Bible

While Peter and John were still speaking to the people, the Chief Priest, with the Officer in charge at the Temple and the Sadducees, came up to them,

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsJewish SectsWhile Still SpeakingPriests In Action

and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the chief priest,

Verse ConceptsGod Is Immanent

and having heard, they did enter at the dawn into the temple, and were teaching. And the chief priest having come, and those with him, they called together the sanhedrim and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have them brought,

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSanhedrinTeachersDaybreakTeaching In The ChurchAt DaybreakBringing People Out Of Other PlacesDisciples In The Temple

When the chief priest of all and the ruler of the temple and the high priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsChief priestsPuzzlement

and having brought them, they set them in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them,

Verse ConceptsInterrogating

And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,

Verse ConceptsThreatsThreateningsJudged As Murderersdamascusmotheringbreath

as also the chief priest doth testify to me, and all the eldership; from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, to Damascus, I was going on, to bring also those there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished,

Verse ConceptsLettersSanhedrin

And those who stood by said, 'The chief priest of God dost thou revile?'

Verse ConceptsInsulting Other People

and Paul said, 'I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;'

Verse ConceptsApologizingethics, socialCivic DutiesHonouring RulersResistanceSelf DefenceMagistratesIs It Really?Attitudes Towards Kings

And they came to the chief priest and elders, and said, "We have bound ourselves with a vow, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersChief priestsTasteAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleVowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

And after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator -- Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor the things against Paul;

Verse ConceptsAttorneyGovernorsHigh Priest, In NtFour Or Five DaysPeople Accusing People

and the chief priest and the principal men of the Jews made manifest to him the things against Paul, and were calling on him,

Verse ConceptsChief priestsFalse Accusations, Examples OfPeople Accusing People

About whom, when I came to Jerusalem, the Jewish Chief Priest and the Councillors laid an information, demanding judgment against him.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersPeople Accusing People

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ἀρχιερεύς 
Archiereus 
Usage: 118

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