Matthew 2:4
And gathering together all the leaders of the priests, and the scribes of the people, he consulted with them as to where the Christ would be born.
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In Context
3Now king Herod, hearing this, was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
5And they said to him: “In Bethlehem of Judea. For so it has been written by the prophet:
Cross References
2 Chronicles 34:13Truly, scribes and teachers, from among the Levites who were porters, were over those who were carrying burdens for various uses.
2 Chronicles 36:14Then too, all the leaders of the priests, with the people, transgressed iniquitously, in accord with all the abominations of the Gentiles. And they polluted the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:11Now this is a copy of the letter of the edict, which king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest, a scribe well-taught in the words and precepts of the Lord and in his ceremonies in Israel:
Nehemiah 12:7These were the leaders of the priests and of their brothers, in the days of Jeshua.
Jeremiah 8:8How can you say: ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?’ Truly, the lying pen of the scribes has wrought falsehood.
Matthew 7:29For he was teaching them as one who has authority, and not like their scribes and Pharisees.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:2-9
The Wise Men Come to Jerusalem. 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 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. 5 And… Read the whole commentary →