'Rulers' in the Bible

"Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.'

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak."

For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn't know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.