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


In Context

1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

2 |Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.|

3 When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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

5 They said to him, |In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,

6 'You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come forth a governor, 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 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 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.