13 Pilate then called together the chief priests and ^uthe rulers and the people,

35 And ^uthe people stood by, watching, ^vbut ^wthe rulers ^xscoffed at him, saying, ^y“He saved others; ^zlet him save himself, ^aif he is ^bthe Christ of God, ^chis Chosen One!”

You Must Be Born Again

1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named ^hNicodemus, ⁱa ruler of the Jews.

26 And here he is, ^yspeaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^zthe authorities really know that this is the Christ?

48 ^vHave any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?

42 Nevertheless, ^vmany even of the authorities believed in him, but ^wfor fear of the Pharisees they did not ^xconfess it, so that they would not be ^xput out of the synagogue;

17 “And now, brothers, I know that ^oyou acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem,

8 Then Peter, ^ufilled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,

27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because ^ythey did not recognize him nor understand ^zthe utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, ^afulfilled them by condemning him.

8 None of ⁱthe rulers of this age understood this, for ^jif they had, they would not have crucified ^kthe Lord of glory.