'Elders' in the Bible

"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat {a meal}."

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

And [after] he arrived at the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him [while he] was teaching, saying, "By what authority are you doing these [things]? And who gave you this authority?"

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,

And [while] he was still speaking, behold, Judas--one of the twelve--arrived, and with him a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Now those who had arrested Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.

Now [when it] was early morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put him to death.

Then [when] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted [what he had done] [and] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders,

And {when he was being accused} by the chief priests and elders he answered nothing.

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should ask for Barabbas and put Jesus to death.

In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking [him], saying,

And [after they] had assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a rather large sum of money to the soldiers,