'Chief' in the Bible

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

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

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 when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders which he wrought, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were indignant,

And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.

and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues,

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,

Then one of the twelve, he who was called Judas Iscariote, went to the chief priests

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

And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

And when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they might put him to death.

Then Judas, who delivered him up, seeing that he had been condemned, filled with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,

And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not lawful to cast them into the Corban, since it is the price of blood.

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

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should beg for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

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

Now on the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,

And as they went, behold, some of the watch went into the city, and brought word to the chief priests of all that had taken place.