Matthew 2:4 “And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the peo…”

Matthew 2:4

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And gathering together all the chiefe Priestes and Scribes of the people, hee asked of them, where Christ should be borne.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born.

Bible in Basic English

And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.

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Cross references

“the chief”

Matthew 21:23 Psalm 2:2 John 7:32 John 18:3 Matthew 21:15 Matthew 26:3

Matthew 21:23 · BSB

When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

Psalm 2:2 · BSB

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

John 7:32 · BSB

When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

John 18:3 · BSB

So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Matthew 21:15 · BSB

But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

Matthew 26:3 · BSB

At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

“scribes”

Acts 23:9 Matthew 7:29 Jeremiah 8:8 Acts 6:12 Luke 20:19 Luke 23:10

Acts 23:9 · BSB

A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

Matthew 7:29 · BSB

because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

Jeremiah 8:8 · BSB

How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?

Acts 6:12 · BSB

So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,

Luke 20:19 · BSB

When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.

Luke 23:10 · BSB

Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him.

“he demanded”

John 3:10 Malachi 2:7

John 3:10 · BSB

“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

Malachi 2:7 · BSB

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

5“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

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