'Chief priest' in the Bible
as Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest: were gathered together at Jerusalem,
Then the chief priest rose up, and all they that were with him: which is the sect of the Sadducees: and were full of indignation,
When they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning and taught. The chief priest came and they that were with him and called a council together, and all the elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to fetch them.
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.
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the chief priest asked them,
as the chief priest doth bear me witness, and all the elders: of whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem for to be punished.
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.