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.


In Context

1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem

2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

4 When 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.

5 "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:

6 " 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4and, assembling 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.