What does Matthew 2:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born."
Verse Matthew 2:4. _THE CHIEF PRIESTS_] Not only the _high priest_ for the time being, called כהן הראש _cohen ha-rosh_, 2 Kings 25:18, and his _deputy_, called כהן משנה _cohen mishneh_, with those wh...
THE CHIEF PRIESTS - By the chief priests here are meant not only the high priest and his deputy, but. also the heads or chiefs of the 24 classes into which David had divided the sacerdotal families, 1...
2. THE KING WORSHIPPED BY GENTILES; Jerusalem in Ignorance of Him; the Child Persecuted. _ 1. The Visit of the Wise Men.(Matthew 2:1 .) 2. The Flight into Egypt. (Matthew 2:13 .) 3. The Return from...
MATTHEW 2. THREE INCIDENTS OF CHRIST'S CHILDHOOD. Matthew 2:1. The Visit of the Magians.The religion of the Magi well deserved the double honour of stimulating the growth of the doctrine of the Futur...
II. THE PRIESTS AND RULERS IN COUNCIL. 4. AND WHEN HE HAD GATHERED ALL THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND SCRIBES TOGETHER. Literally, "high priests." The high priests and perhaps the heads of the twenty-four co...
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE KING (Matthew 2:1-2)...
CHIEF PRIESTS, &C.: i.e. the high priest and other priests who were members of the Sanhedrin, or National Council. SCRIBES OF THE PEOPLE. the _Sopherim,_ denoting the learned men of the People; learn...
_gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together_ i. e. summoned a meeting of the Sanhedrin, a body often indicated in this way. Others contend that this was an irregular meeting of...
THE VISIT OF THE MAGI Recorded by St Matthew only....
3. WHEN HEROD THE KING HAD HEARD THESE THINGS, HE WAS TROUBLED, AND ALL JERUSALEM WITH HIM. 4. AND WHEN HE HAD GATHERED ALL THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND SCRIBES OF THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, HE DEMANDED OF THEM WH...
_THE WISE MEN VISIT THE KING MATTHEW 2:1-12_ : “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he...
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AND WHEN HE HAD GATHERED &C.— _And having assembled._ Campbell. _All the chief priests,_ must comprehend here not only the high-priest for the time being, and his deputy, with those who formerly had b...
CHAPTER 2 Section 3. THE VISIT OF THE WISE MEN TEXT: 2:1-12 1. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wisemen from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,...
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 WHEN HE HAD GATHERED ALL THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND SCRIBES OF THE...
1 David 1 Ozias 2 Solomon 2 Joatham 3 Roboam 3 Achaz 4 Abijah 4 Hezekiah 5 Asaph 5 Manasseh 6 Josaphat 6 Amos 7 Joram 7 Josiah [Ahaziah] [Jehoahaz] [Jehoash] [Jehoiakim] [Amaziah] [Jechon...
THE WISE MEN 1-12. The star in the east and the visit of the Magi (peculiar to St. Matthew). The incident fits well into secular history. About the time when the star appeared (7 or 6 b.c.), Herod th...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 2 WISE MEN VISIT JESUS 2:1-12 V1 Jesus was born in the town called Bethlehem. This was in Judea district. At this time, Herod was the...
THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND SCRIBES. — The chief priests were probably the heads of the twenty-four courses into which the sons of Aaron were divided (2 Chronicles 23:8; Luke 1:5), but the term may have inc...
CHAPTER 2 His Reception - Matthew 2:1 THIS one chapter contains all that St. Matthew records of the Infancy. St. Mark and St. John tell us nothing, and St. Luke very little. This singular reticence h...
_Visit of the Magi._...
THE WISE-MEN FOLLOW THE STAR Matthew 2:1-8 The expectation of the advent of a great king was far-spread at the time of the Nativity. It was probably founded, so far as the East was concerned, on the...
The Kingdom was not ready for the King, so a reception for Him was not arranged and organized by those who should have been waiting for Him. They were in rebellion. The King's advent was heralded by a...
And when he had gathered all the (d) chief priests and (e) scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. (d) The chief priests, that is, such as were of Aaron's fam...
THE ORIENTAL MAGI Matthew 2:1-12. _“Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, the magi came from the East, saying, Where is He who was born King of the Jews?...
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. Herod, it should seem by this question, was no stranger to the proph...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
4._Having assembled the priests _Though deep silence prevailed respecting Christ in the Hall of Herod, yet, as soon as the _Magi _have thrown out the mention of a _King, _predictions are remembered, w...
Thus born, thus characterised by the angel and fulfilling the prophecies that announced the presence of Emmanuel, He is formally acknowledged King of the Jews by the Gentiles, who are guided by the wi...
AND WHEN HE HAD GATHERED ALL THE CHIEF PRIESTS,.... Here we have an account of Herod's conduct at this juncture; he calls a council, assembles the sanhedrim, gathers together the more learned persons...
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. Ver. 4. _And when he had gathered all the chief priests_] The true...
_And when he had gathered all the chief priests_ This expression must be intended to comprehend not only the high priest for the time being, and his deputy, with those who had formerly borne that offi...
CHIEF PRIESTS; the principal ministers of religion among the Jews at that time. SCRIBES; writers and expounders of the divine law....
AND WHEN HE HAD GATHERED ALL THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND SCRIBES OF THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, HE DEMANDED OF THEM WHERE CHRIST SHOULD BE BORN. Not the entire Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the Jewish people, for...
The deeply interesting account of Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she would be the mother of her Lord, the details as to His birth in Bethlehem, the visit of the shepherds to the manger in which H...
1-8 Those who live at the greatest distance from the means of grace often use most diligence, and learn to know the most of Christ and his salvation. But no curious arts, or mere human learning, can...
In this perplexity the king Herod calleth a synod or convocation, which was made up of the chief priests and scribes; the single question which he propounds to them was to resolve him WHERE CHRIST SHO...
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THE VISIT OF THE MAGI (2:1-11). The visit of the Magi/Eminent Astrologers to Jesus is important for a number of reasons. It emphasises: 1). That whereas the leading Jews in the main ignored His birt...
THE DATE OF OUR LORD'S BIRTH. See Introduction, § 8, pp. 16, 17. The visit of the Magi, while it does not determine the year of the birth of Christ, fixes a date _before_ which it must have taken plac...
HE INQUIRED OF THEM WHERE THE CHRIST SHOULD BE BORN (επυνθανετο παρ' αυτων που ο Χριστος γεννατα). The prophetic present (γεννατα) is given, the very words of Herod retained by Matthew's report. The...
SCRIBES (Greek, "grammateis", means "writer"). Hebrew, "spherim", means "to write," "set in order," "count." The scribes were so called because it was their office to make copies of the Scriptures; t...
Matthew 2:1. _Now when Jesus was born is Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,_ Our Lord was born in Bethlehem, an inconsiderable...
CONTENTS: Visit of the Magi, flight into Egypt, Herod's slaughter of the innocents. Return of Joseph and Mary to Nazareth. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, Herod, chief priests, scribes, wise me...
Matthew 2:1. _Jesus was born in Bethlehem,_ as is illustrated in Micah 5:2. _In the days of Herod the king,_ the son of Antipater, and father of Archelaus, who succeeded him on the throne. Herod, who...
HE CALLED TOGETHER. Literally, "high priests." "Teachers of the Law" were the official copyists of Scripture, and the theologians of that time. These together formed the Sanhedrin or ruling body of th...
_Priests and scribes._ NEAR IN PRIVILEGE, FAR FROM PIETY Some that are best acquainted with the gospel are practical strangers to it. They are like one who should pore over a map, mastering its geogr...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 2:4 The CHIEF PRIESTS were in charge of temple activities. SCRIBES. Experts in handling written documents. In Israel, their duties included teaching, interpreting, and applying...
CHAPTER 2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Juda in the days of king Herod. It is better to read here in the Greek _in Bethlehem-Juda_. Juda means the tribe of Judah, to which, after the schism...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 2:1. BORN.—The birth of Jesus has been assigned to “the fourth year before the common account called Anno Domini.” But Rev. A. Carr (Cambridge Bible for Schools) says, “the ye...
EXPOSITION JESUS THE CHRIST BY HIS EARLY HISTORY answering to the word of God by the prophets. This is shown by four particulars, for each of which a corresponding prophecy is adduced. (1) The place...
Chapter Two Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king (Matthew 2:1), This is Herod the Great, that little short monster. He was a little over four feet tall, and as...
1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 34:13; 2 Chronicles 34:15; 2 Chronicles 36:14; Acts 23:9; Acts 4:5; Acts 6:12; Ezra 10:5; Ezra 7:11; Ezra
All the chief priests. We should expect only one chief priest to be mentioned; but the office had become a lucrative one, and frequently changed hands. A rabbit is quoted as saying that the first temp...
HOW THE FIRST CHRISTMAS WAS CELEBRATED Matthew 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction we are going to read a poem named "The Christmas Story" which was written several years ago. It is appro...
The chief priests — That is, not only the high priest and his deputy, with those who formerly had borne that office: but also the chief man in each of those twenty — four courses, into which the body...
Herod being in great perplexity, convened. council of the chief priests and scribes, and demands of them the place where Christ, the promised Messiah was to be born. They readily reply, out of the pro...