Matthew 2:4

2:4 After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, ¹  he asked them where the Christ ²  was to be born.

Matthew 21:45

21:45 When ³  the chief priests and the Pharisees ⁴  heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

Matthew 26:59

26:59 The ⁵  chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

Matthew 27:62

The Guard at the Tomb

27:62 The ⁶  next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees ⁷  assembled before Pilate

[2:4]  ¹ tn Or “and scribes of the people.” The traditional rendering of γραμματεύς (grammateu") as “scribe” does not communicate much to the modern English reader, for whom the term might mean “professional copyist,” if it means anything at all. The people referred to here were recognized experts in the law of Moses and in traditional laws and regulations. Thus “expert in the law” comes closer to the meaning for the modern reader.

[2:4]  ² tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[21:45]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[21:45]  ⁴ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[26:59]  ⁵ tn Grk “Now the.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:62]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:62]  ⁸ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.