Matthew 2:4

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

And {G2532} when he had gathered {G4863} all {G3956} the chief priests {G749} and {G2532} scribes {G1122} of the people {G2992} together {G4863}, he demanded {G4441} of {G3844} them {G846} where {G4226} Christ {G5547} should be born {G1080}.

of the people and asked them, "Where will the Messiah be born?"

And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 21:23 (3 votes)

    ¶ And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

  • Matthew 7:29 (3 votes)

    For he taught them as [one] having authority, and not as the scribes.

  • Acts 6:12 (3 votes)

    And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon [him], and caught him, and brought [him] to the council,

  • Acts 23:9 (3 votes)

    And there arose a great cry: and the scribes [that were] of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

  • John 3:10 (2 votes)

    Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

  • John 18:3 (2 votes)

    Judas then, having received a band [of men] and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

  • Jeremiah 8:8 (2 votes)

    How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.