Matthew 2:4 meaning and explanation
And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
Matthew 2:4, Berean Standard Bible
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Herod the Great, an Idumean king ruling Judea under Rome, has just been shaken by the Magi's question about a newborn King of the Jews. In verse 4 he summons the chief priests and scribes, the Jerusalem experts in Scripture, and asks where the Christ, the promised anointed king, is to be born.
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