chief priest, high priest

the high priests, these comprise in addition to one holding the high priestly office, both those who had previously discharged it and although disposed, continued to have great power in the State, as well as the members of the families from which high priest were created, provided that they had much influence in public affairs.

Used of Christ because by undergoing a bloody death he offered himself as an expiatory sacrifice to God, and has entered into the heavenly sanctuary where he continually intercedes on our behalf.

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

but, moreover, and, etc.

to seek in order to find

1. to seek a thing

2. to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into

3. to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after

to seek i.e. require, demand

1. to crave, demand something from someone

to put to death

metaph.

1. to make to die i.e. destroy, render extinct

2. by death to be liberated from the bond of anything, literally to be made dead in relation to (something)

Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation"

1. Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate

2. Jesus Barabbas was the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ

3. Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor (Ac. 7:45, Heb. 4:8)

4. Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ (Lu. 3:29)

5. Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in the preaching of the gospel (Col. 4:11)

and, also, even, indeed, but

down from, through out

according to, toward, along

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

all, whole, completely

how, that

elder, of age,

1. the elder of two people

2. advanced in life, an elder, a senior

   1. forefathers

a term of rank or office

1. among the Jews

   1. members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were selected from elderly men)

   2. of those who in separate cities managed public affairs and administered justice

2. among the Christians, those who presided over the assemblies (or churches) The NT uses the term bishop, elders, and presbyters interchangeably

3. the twenty four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court seated on thrones around the throne of God

any assembly (esp. of magistrates, judges, ambassadors), whether convened to deliberate or pass judgment

any session or assembly or people deliberating or adjudicating

1. the Sanhedrin, the great council at Jerusalem, consisting of the seventy one members, viz. scribes, elders, prominent members of the high priestly families and the high priest, the president of the assembly. The most important causes were brought before this tribunal, inasmuch as the Roman rulers of Judaea had left to it the power of trying such cases, and also of pronouncing sentence of death, with the limitation that a capital sentence pronounced by the Sanhedrin was not valid unless it was confirmed by the Roman procurator.

2. a smaller tribunal or council which every Jewish town had for the decision of less important cases.

false witness, false testimony