4and, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.


In Context

1 Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem, saying,

2 Where is the king of the Jews that has been born? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to do him homage.

3 But Herod the king having heard of it, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

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

5 And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:

6 And thou Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.

Matthew 2:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:4When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.