Matthew 2:4 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 2:4

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

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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2 Chronicles 15:3
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Matthew 21:23
And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
Acts 23:9
And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
Acts 6:12
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
Matthew 7:29
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

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As MEYER says, it was all the theologians of the nation whom Herod convened, because it was a theological response that he wanted. he demanded of them--as the authorized interpreters of Scripture. where Christ--the Messiah. should be born--according to prophecy.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Note, Christ will be a Saviour to those only who are willing to take him for their Governor. Bethlehem was the city of David, and David the glory of Bethlehem; there, therefore, must David's son and successor be born. There was a famous well at Bethlehem, by the gate, which David longed to drink of ( 2 Sam. xxiii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The chief priests - That is, not only the high priest and his deputy, with those who formerly had born that office: but also the chief man in each of those twenty-four courses, into which the body of priests were divided, 1 Chron. xxiv, 6-19. The scribes were those whose peculiar business it was to explain the Scriptures to the people.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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