'Rulers' in the Bible

“And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also.

On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people,

‘The kings of the earth took their stand,And the rulers were gathered togetherAgainst the Lord and against His Christ.’

For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them,