Matthew 2:4

So he assembled all the High Priests and Scribes of the people, and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The 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.

In Context

3Reports of this soon reached the king, and greatly agitated not only him but all the people of Jerusalem.

5"At Bethlehem in Judaea," they replied; "for so it stands written in the words of the Prophet,

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Cross References

Matthew 7:29for He had been teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their Scribes taught.

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 →

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