Matthew 2:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

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.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:13

Had authority over the transport workers, giving directions to all who were doing any sort of work; and among the Levites there were scribes and overseers and door-keepers.

2 Chronicles 34:15

Then Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.

2 Chronicles 36:14

And more than this, all the great men of Judah and the priests and the people made their sin great, turning to all the disgusting ways of the nations; and they made unclean the house of the Lord which he had made holy in Jerusalem.

Ezra 10:5

Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.

Ezra 7:6

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.

Nehemiah 12:7

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,

Jeremiah 8:8

How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.

Malachi 2:7

For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

Matthew 13:52

And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

Matthew 2:3

And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matthew 2:5

And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

Matthew 21:15

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,

Matthew 21:23

And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?

Matthew 26:3

Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Matthew 26:47

And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people.

Matthew 27:1

Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.

Matthew 7:29

for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

Mark 8:31

And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.

Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

Luke 23:10

And the chief priests and the scribes were there, making statements against him violently.

John 18:3

So Judas, getting a band of armed men and police from the chief priests and Pharisees, went there with lights and with arms.

John 3:10

And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?

John 7:32

This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.

John 8:3

Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman who had been taken in the act of sinning against the married relation;

Acts 23:9

And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?

Acts 4:5

And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;

Acts 6:12

And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,