Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
and, assembling all the high-priests and scribes of the people, he was enquiring of them - Where is, the Christ, to be born?
New American Standard Bible
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the
King James Version
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
Holman Bible
So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes
International Standard Version
He called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah was to be born.
A Conservative Version
And having gathered together all the chief priests and scholars of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ is born.
American Standard Version
And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
Amplified
So he called together all the chief priests and
An Understandable Version
So, he gathered all the leading priests and experts in the law of Moses from among the people and asked them where the Christ [child] was to be born.
Anderson New Testament
And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
Bible in Basic English
And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.
Common New Testament
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and having assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he enquired of them where Christ was to be born.
Darby Translation
and, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
Godbey New Testament
and gathering together all the chief priests and scribes, inquired with them where Christ should be born.
Goodspeed New Testament
So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born.
John Wesley New Testament
And having assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he demanded of them, Where the Christ was to be born?
Julia Smith Translation
And assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
King James 2000
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and [after] calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired from them where the Christ was to be born.
Modern King James verseion
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he gathered all the chief Priests and Scribes of the people, and asked of them where Christ should be born.
Moffatt New Testament
so he gathered all the high priests and scribes of the people and made inquiries of them about where the messiah was to be born.
Montgomery New Testament
So when he had gathered together all the chief priests and rabbis of the people, he began to inquire of them where the Christ was to be born.
NET Bible
After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
New Heart English Bible
And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Messiah would be born.
Noyes New Testament
and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
Sawyer New Testament
and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ is born.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he enquired of them, where the Messiah should be born.
Twentieth Century New Testament
He called together all the Chief Priests and Teachers of the Law in the nation, and questioned them as to where the Christ was to be born.
Webster
And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
Weymouth New Testament
So he assembled all the High Priests and Scribes of the people, and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.
Williams New Testament
So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people, and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.
World English Bible
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
Worrell New Testament
and having assembled all the high-priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring of them, "Where the Christ should be born,"
Worsley New Testament
and having summoned together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he enquired of them where the Messiah was to be born: and they told him, at Bethlehem in Judea;
Youngs Literal Translation
and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born.
Themes
jewish Council » Over thirty years
Heathen » Divine revelations given to » The magi (wise men from the east)
Heathen » Instances of » The magi (the wise men from the east)
Jesus Christ » History of » Magi (the wise men from the east) visit (at bethlehem)
Magi » The wise men from the east who visited jesus as an infant
Miracles » Catalogue of » The appearance of the star over bethlehem
Scribe (scribes) » Members of the council (sanhedrin)
Scribes » Modern » Regarded as interpreters of scripture
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 2:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wise Men Visit Jesus
3 But, when King Herod heard, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and, assembling all the high-priests and scribes of the people, he was enquiring of them - Where is, the Christ, to be born? 5 And, they, said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea, - for, so, is it written through the prophet:
Cross References
1 Chronicles 24:4-19
But the sons of Eleazar were found to be more numerous, by the chiefs of their able men, than were the sons of Ithamar, so they divided them, - the sons of Eleazar, had chiefs, of the ancestral house, sixteen, whereas, the sons of Ithamar, had of their ancestral house, eight.
2 Chronicles 34:13
also over the burden-bearers, and such as took the lead, for everyone who was working in any manner of service, - and, of the Levites, were scribes and officers and doorkeepers.
2 Chronicles 34:15
Then spake up Hilkiah, and said unto Shaphan the scribe, The Book of the Law, have I found, in the house of Yahweh, - and Hilkiah gave the book unto Shaphan.
2 Chronicles 36:14
Also, all the rulers of the priests and of the people, abounded in committing treachery, according to all the abominable ways of the nations, - and polluted the house of Yahweh, which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:6
this Ezra, came up out of Babylon, he, being a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh God of Israel had given, - and the king gave him, according to the hand of Yahweh his God upon him, all his request.
Ezra 7:11-12
Now, this, is a copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave, to Ezra the priest the scribe, - the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes, for Israel: -
Ezra 10:5
Then arose Ezra and made the rulers of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, swear to do according to this word - and they sware.
Nehemiah 12:7
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah, - these, were the chiefs of the priests and their brethren, in the days of Jeshua.
Psalm 2:2
The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together, - against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One saying :
Jeremiah 8:8
How can ye say, Wise, are, we, And the law of Yahweh, is with us? But indeed lo! falsely, hath dealt the false pen of the scribes!
Malachi 2:7
For, the lips of a priest, should keep knowledge, and, a deliverance, should men seek at his mouth, - for, the messenger of Yahweh of hosts, he is.
Matthew 7:29
for he was teaching them as one having, authority, and not as their Scribes.
Matthew 13:52
And, he, said unto them - Wherefore, every scribe, discipled unto the kingdom of the heavens, is like unto a householder, who putteth forth out of his treasure, things new and old.
Matthew 21:15
But the Chief-priests and the Scribes, seeing, the marvels that he wrought, and the boys who were crying aloud in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! were greatly displeased;
Matthew 21:23
And, when he, entered, the temple, the Chief-priests and the Elders of the people, came unto him as he was teaching, saying, By what authority, these things, art thou doing? and, who, to thee, gave, this authority?
Matthew 26:3
Then, were gathered together, the High-priests and the Elders of the people, into the court of the High-priest who was called Caiaphas;
Matthew 26:47
And, while, yet, he was speaking, lo! Judas, one of the twelve, came, and, with him, a large multitude, with swords and clubs, from the High-priests and Elders of the people.
Matthew 27:1
Now, when morning came, all the High-priests and Elders of the people took, counsel, against Jesus, so as to put him to death:
Mark 8:31
And he began to be teaching them - The Son of Man, must needs suffer many things, and be rejected by the Elders and the High-priests and the Scribes, - and be slain; and, after three days, arise.
Luke 20:19
And the Scribes and the High-priests sought to thrust on him their hands, in that very hour; and feared the people; for they perceived that, against them, spake he this parable.
Luke 23:10
And the High-priests and the Scribes stood vehemently accusing him.
John 3:10
Jesus answered, and said unto him - Art, thou, the teacher of Israel, and, these things, knowest not?
John 7:32
The Pharisees hearkened unto the multitude murmuring concerning him these things; and the High-priests and the Pharisees sent forth officers, that they might seize him.
John 18:3
Judas, therefore, receiving the band, and officers, from among the High-priests and from amongthe Pharisees, cometh thither, with lights and torches and weapons.
Acts 4:5
And it came to pass, upon the morrow, that there were gathered together of them, the rulers and the elders and the scribes, in Jerusalem;
Acts 6:12
And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes; and, coming upon him, they caught him away, and led him into the high-council.
Acts 23:9
And there arose a great outcry, and certain of the Scribes of the party of the Pharisees, standing up, began to strive, saying - Nothing bad, find we in this man; - but, if a spirit hath spoken unto him, or a messenger --