Matthew 2:4 Then on gathering together all the chief (or: ranking) priests and scribes (theologians; experts in the Law and Torah) of the People = those of the Jewish culture and religion, he, one after another, repeatedly investigated from them, ascertaining beside them where the Christ (the Anointed One; = the Messiah) is traditionally being born.

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ Then on gathering together all the chief (or: ranking) priests and scribes (theologians; experts in the Law and Torah) of the People [= those of the Jewish culture and religion], he, one after another, repeatedly investigated from them, ascertaining beside them where the Christ (the Anointed One; = the Messiah) is traditionally being born.