'Rulers' in the Bible

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too.

On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied, "Rulers of the people and elders,

The kings of the earth stood together, and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his Christ.'

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,