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So he called together all the chief priests and learned men (scribes) of the people and [a]anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.

They replied to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

And you Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are not in any way least or insignificant among the [b]chief cities of Judah; for from you shall come a Ruler ([c]Leader) Who will govern and [d]shepherd My people Israel.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:4 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People.
  2. Matthew 2:6 Joseph Henry Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
  3. Matthew 2:6 James Hope Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament.
  4. Matthew 2:6 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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