'Chief' in the Bible

saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."

Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?

When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man."

The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.

Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.