Matthew 2:4
and, assembling all the high-priests and scribes of the people, he was enquiring of them—Where is, the Christ, to be born?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3But, when King Herod heard, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
5And, they, said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea,—for, so, is it written through the prophet:
Cross References
2 Chronicles 34:13also over the burden-bearers, and such as took the lead, for everyone who was working in any manner of service,—and, of the Levites, were scribes and officers and doorkeepers.
2 Chronicles 36:14Also, all the rulers of the priests and of the people, abounded in committing treachery, according to all the abominable ways of the nations,—and polluted the house of Yahweh, which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:11Now, this, is a copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave, to Ezra the priest the scribe,—the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes, for Israel:—
Nehemiah 12:7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah,—these, were the chiefs of the priests and their brethren, in the days of Jeshua.
Jeremiah 8:8How can ye say, Wise, are, we, And the law of Yahweh, is with us? But indeed lo! falsely, hath dealt the false pen of the scribes!
Matthew 7:29for he was teaching them as one having, authority, and not as their Scribes.
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 →