Mat 2:4 | HCSB | STEP | So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah would be born .

c Mt 16:21; 20:18; 21:15; 27:41; Lk 9:22

Matthew 2:4

4 So he assembled all the ^{▼▼chief priest(s): A group of Jewish temple officers that included the highpriest, captain of the temple, temple overseers, and treasurers}chief priests and ^{▼▼scribe(s): A professional group in Judaism that copied the law of Moses and interpreted it, especially in legal cases}scribes ^c of the people and asked them where the ^{▼▼Messiah: Or the Christ; the Greek word Christos means "the anointed one".}Messiah would be born.