Matthew 2:4

New King James Version

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.

Cross References

Acts 23:9

Then there arose a loud outcry. And the scribes of the Pharisees’ party arose and protested, saying, “We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.”

Acts 6:12

And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

Matthew 21:23

Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?”

Matthew 7:29

for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Acts 4:5

And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes,

John 18:3

Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

John 8:3

Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,

John 7:32

The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.

John 3:10

Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?

Luke 23:10

And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him.

Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people —for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.

Jeremiah 8:8

“How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of the Lord is with us’? Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.

Mark 8:31

And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Matthew 27:1

When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.

Matthew 26:47

And while He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Matthew 26:3

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Matthew 21:15

But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant

Matthew 13:52

Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”

Malachi 2:7

“For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, And people should seek the law from his mouth; For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,

Nehemiah 12:7

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

Ezra 10:5

Then Ezra arose, and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear an oath that they would do according to this word. So they swore an oath.

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

2 Chronicles 36:14

Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the Lord which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:15

Then Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.

2 Chronicles 34:13

were over the burden bearers and were overseers of all who did work in any kind of service. And some of the Levites were scribes, officers, and gatekeepers.

Matthew 2:3

When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matthew 2:5

So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet: