Matthew 2:4
And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
5But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:
Cross References
2 Chronicles 34:13But over them that carried burdens for divers uses, were scribes, and masters of the number of the Levites, and porters.
2 Chronicles 36:14Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people wickedly transgressed according to all the abominations of the Gentiles: and they defiled the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:11And this is the copy of the letter of the edict, which king Artaxerxes gave to Esdras the priest, the scribe instructed in the words and commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies in Israel.
Nehemiah 12:7Idaia. These were the chief of the priests, and of their brethren in the days of Josue.
Jeremiah 8:8How do you say: We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Indeed the lying pen of the scribes hath wrought falsehood.
Matthew 7:29For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the 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 →