'Rulers' in the Bible
And now, brethren, I know that in ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,
The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:
And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him .
And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,
But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,
And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.