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OET (OET-RV) He gathered together all of the chief priests and those who teach the religious law to the people and asked them where the Messiah was expected to be born.
OET-LV And having_gathered_together all the chief_priests and scribes of_the people, he_was_inquiring from them where the chosen_one/messiah is_being_born.
SR-GNT Καὶ συναγαγὼν πάντας τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ γραμματεῖς τοῦ λαοῦ, ἐπυνθάνετο παρʼ αὐτῶν ποῦ ὁ ˚Χριστὸς γεννᾶται. ‡
(Kai sunagagōn pantas tous arⱪiereis kai grammateis tou laou, epunthaneto parʼ autōn pou ho ˚Ⱪristos gennatai.)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And having brought together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired from them, “Where is the Christ being born?”
UST So, King Herod summoned all the Jewish ruling priests and teachers of the Jewish law. He asked them about where the Messiah’s mother would give birth to him.
BSB And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
MSB (Same as BSB above)
BLB And having assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring of them where the Christ was to be born.
AICNT and gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
OEB He called together all the chief priests and teachers of the Law in the nation, and questioned them as to where the Christ was to be born.
WEBBE Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
WMBB Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Messiah would be born.
NET After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
LSV and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born.
FBV Herod summoned all the chief priests and religious teachers of the people, and asked them where the Messiah was supposed to be born.
TCNT So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, and inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
T4T Then Herod gathered together all the ruling priests and men who taught the people the Jewish laws and he asked them where the prophets had predicted that the Messiah was to be born.
LEB No LEB MAT book available
BBE And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.
Moff No Moff MAT book available
Wymth So he assembled all the High Priests and Scribes of the people, and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.
ASV And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
DRA And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
YLT and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born.
Drby and, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
RV And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
(And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he enquired of them where the Christ should be born. )
SLT And assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
Wbstr And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
KJB-1769 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
KJB-1611 And when he had gathered all the chiefe Priests and Scribes of the people together, hee demanded of them where Christ should be borne.
(And when he had gathered all the chief Priests and Scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be borne.)
Bshps No Bshps MAT book available
Gnva And gathering together all the chiefe Priestes and Scribes of the people, hee asked of them, where Christ should be borne.
(And gathering together all the chief Priests and Scribes of the people, he asked of them, where Christ should be borne. )
Cvdl No Cvdl MAT book available
TNT and he gathered all the chefe Prestes and Scribes of the people and axed of them where Christ shulde be borne.
(and he gathered all the chief Priests and Scribes of the people and asked of them where Christ should be borne. )
Wycl No Wycl MAT book available
Luth No Luth MAT book available
ClVg Et congregans omnes principes sacerdotum, et scribas populi, sciscitabatur ab eis ubi Christus nasceretur.[fn]
(And congregans everyone leaders priests, and scribe/clerks of_the_people, sciscitabatur away to_them where Christ nasceretur. )
2.4 Et congregans omnes principes sacerdotum. Nota diligentiam inquirentis, ut si invenerit faciat quod post se velle ostendit: sin autem, excusatus sit Romanis. Explorabat etiam, si rex eorum tristes vel lætos faciat Judæos. Ubi Christus nasceretur. A Judæis quærit locum, a Magis tempus, ut de utroque fiat certus.
2.4 And congregans everyone leaders priests. Nota diligentiam inquirentis, as when/but_if found let_him_do that after himself velle he_showed: sin however, excusatus let_it_be Romanis. Explorabat also, when/but_if king their tristes or lætos let_him_do Yudæos. Where Christ nasceretur. From Yudæis seeks place, from Magis time/season, as from/about both fiat certus.
UGNT καὶ συναγαγὼν πάντας τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ γραμματεῖς τοῦ λαοῦ, ἐπυνθάνετο παρ’ αὐτῶν ποῦ ὁ Χριστὸς γεννᾶται.
(kai sunagagōn pantas tous arⱪiereis kai grammateis tou laou, epunthaneto par’ autōn pou ho Ⱪristos gennatai.)
SBL-GNT καὶ συναγαγὼν πάντας τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ γραμματεῖς τοῦ λαοῦ ἐπυνθάνετο παρʼ αὐτῶν ποῦ ὁ χριστὸς γεννᾶται.
(kai sunagagōn pantas tous arⱪiereis kai grammateis tou laou epunthaneto parʼ autōn pou ho ⱪristos gennatai.)
RP-GNT καὶ συναγαγὼν πάντας τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ γραμματεῖς τοῦ λαοῦ, ἐπυνθάνετο παρ' αὐτῶν ποῦ ὁ χριστὸς γεννᾶται.
(kai sunagagōn pantas tous arⱪiereis kai grammateis tou laou, epunthaneto par' autōn pou ho ⱪristos gennatai.)
TC-GNT καὶ συναγαγὼν πάντας τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ γραμματεῖς τοῦ λαοῦ, ἐπυνθάνετο παρ᾽ αὐτῶν ποῦ ὁ Χριστὸς γεννᾶται.
(kai sunagagōn pantas tous arⱪiereis kai grammateis tou laou, epunthaneto par autōn pou ho Ⱪristos gennatai. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
2:4 The leading priests had political and religious clout and ministered predominantly in the Temple (see 21:23). Herod gathered the teachers of religious law because they were trained to know Old Testament prophecies and were often influential Pharisees.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τοῦ λαοῦ
˱of˲_the people
Here, the phrase the people refers to the Jewish people. Matthew means that the chief priests and the scribes were part of the Jewish people. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [of the Jews] or [who belonged to the Jewish people]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
ἐπυνθάνετο παρ’ αὐτῶν ποῦ ὁ Χριστὸς γεννᾶται
˱he˲_˓was˒_inquiring from them where the Messiah ˓is_being˒_born
It may be more natural in your language to have a indirect quotation here. Alternate translation: [he inquired from them where the Christ would be born.]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ὁ Χριστὸς γεννᾶται
the Messiah ˓is_being˒_born
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [is the place of Christ’s birth] or [is the Christ’s birthplace]
Note 4 topic: translate-tense
ὁ Χριστὸς γεννᾶται
the Messiah ˓is_being˒_born
Here Herod asks a question about the location of Christ’s birth using the present tense. You could use whatever tense is natural in your language for this kind of question. Alternate translation: [will the Christ be born]