'Chief Priests' in the Bible

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days rise again.

Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles;

And the scribes and the chief priests heard him; and they sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude were astonished at his teaching.

And they came again into Jerusalem; and as he was walking in the temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and the elders,

After two days was the passover and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and kill him.

And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him up to them.

And immediately, while he was yet speaking, came Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

And they led Jesus away to the chief priest; and with him were assembled all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes.

And the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin sought for testimony against Jesus, in order to put him to death, and found none.

And forthwith in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin, having held a consultation, and having bound Jesus, led him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

And the chief priests accused him of many things.

For he knew that, through envy, the chief priests had delivered him up.

But the chief priests instigated the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.

Likewise the chief priests, with the scribes, speaking in derision one to another, said: He saved others; himself he can not save.