'Chief Priests' in the Bible

"In this city, too, he has authority from the chief priests to arrest all those who call upon thy name."

The next day, as he wished to learn the real reason why the Jews accused Paul, he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and brought Paul down, and placed him before them.

"The chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, when I was at Jerusalem, demanding a sentence against him.

"And this also I did in Jerusalem. Armed with authority from the chief priests, I shut up many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death I gave my vote against them.

"On this errand I was traveling to Damascus one day, armed with authority and commission of the chief priests,