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


In Context

1 And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem,

2 saying, 'Where is he who was born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.'

3 And Herod the king having heard, was stirred, and all Jerusalem with him,

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

5 And they said to him, 'In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

6 And thou, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, thou art by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of thee shall come one leading, who shall feed 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 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 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.