Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law and elders – were mocking him:

After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

The next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”