'Chief' in the Bible

And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;

And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.

Saying, See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given up to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will give an order for his death, and will give him up to the Gentiles:

And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching.

And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:

Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

And to have the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

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

And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority.

And they took Jesus away to the high priest; and there came together with him all the chief priests and those in authority and the scribes.

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any.

And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.

And the chief priests said a number of things against him.

For he saw that the chief priests had given him up through envy.

But the people were moved by the chief priests to make him let Barabbas go free.

In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.