'Rulers' in the Bible

and, lo, he doth speak freely, and they say nothing to him; did the rulers at all know truly that this is truly the Christ?

did any one out of the rulers believe in him? or out of the Pharisees?

Still, however, also out of the rulers did many believe in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue,