'Rulers' in the Bible

But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

Calling them to Himself, Jesus *said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great men exercise authority over them.

“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,And has exalted those who were humble.

When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;

Pilate summoned the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

And the people stood by, looking on. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One.”

and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him.

Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?

No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;

“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,

For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same;

For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing.

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.

When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.

Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,