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

the chief.

Matthew 21:15,23 And the chief priests and scribes, seeing the wonderful things that he did and the children crying in the temple and saying: Hosanna to the son of David, were moved with indignation, . . .

Matthew 26:3,47 Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients of the people, into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiphas: . . .

Matthew 27:1 And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death.

1 Chronicles 24:4-19 And there were found many more of the sons of Eleazar among the principal men, than of the sons of Ithamar. And he divided them so, that there were of the sons of Eleazar, sixteen chief men by their families: and of the sons of Ithamar eight by their families and houses. . . .

2 Chronicles 36:14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people wickedly transgressed according to all the abominations of the Gentiles: and they defiled the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.

Ezra 10:5 So Esdras arose, and made the chiefs of the priests and of the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word, and they swore.

Nehemiah 12:7 Idaia. These were the chief of the priests, and of their brethren in the days of Josue.

Psalm 2:2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.

John 7:32 The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend him.

John 18:3 Judas therefore having received a band of soldiers and servants from the chief priests and the Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

scribes.

Matthew 7:29 For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees.

Matthew 13:52 He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.

2 Chronicles 34:13,15 But over them that carried burdens for divers uses, were scribes, and masters of the number of the Levites, and porters. . . .

Ezra 7:6,11,12 This Esdras went up from Babylon, and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God had given to Israel: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him. . . .

Jeremiah 8:8 How do you say: We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Indeed the lying pens of the scribes hath wrought falsehood.

Mark 8:31 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the ancients and by the high priests and the scribes: and be killed and after three days rise again.

Luke 20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke this parable to them.

Luke 23:10 And the chief priests and the scribes stood by, earnestly accusing him.

John 8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst,

Acts 4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their princes and ancients and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

Acts 6:12 And they stirred up the people and the ancients and the scribes. And running together, they took him and brought him to the council.

Acts 23:9 And there arose a great cry. And some of the Pharisees rising up, strove, saying: We find no evil in this man. What if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?

he demanded.

Malachi 2:7 For the lips of the priests shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the law at his mouth: because he is the angel of the Lord of hosts.

John 3:10 Jesus answered and said to him: Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things?

Context
The Pilgrimage of the Magi
3And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born. 5But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:…
Cross References
Matthew 2:3
And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matthew 2:5
But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:

Lexicon
When
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he had assembled
συναγαγὼν (synagagōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4863: From sun and ago; to lead together, i.e. Collect or convene; specially, to entertain.

all
πάντας (pantas)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

chief priests
ἀρχιερεῖς (archiereis)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 749: High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

scribes
γραμματεῖς (grammateis)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1122: From gramma. A writer, i.e. scribe or secretary.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

people,
λαοῦ (laou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2992: Apparently a primary word; a people.

he inquired
ἐπυνθάνετο (epynthaneto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4441: To ask, inquire, ascertain by inquiry, understand.

where
ποῦ (pou)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 4226: Genitive case of an interrogative pronoun pos otherwise obsolete; as adverb of place; at what locality.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Christ
Χριστὸς (Christos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

was to be born.
γεννᾶται (gennatai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1080: From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.


Additional Translations
When he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired where the Christ was to be born.

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

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

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

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

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

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

So he assembled all the High Priests and Scribes of the people, and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.

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

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