希律就召集了所有的祭司長和民間的經文士,向他們詢問基督誕生在哪裡。

他們對希律說:「在猶太伯利恆,因為藉著先知有這樣的記載:

猶大之地伯利恆啊!
你在猶大的首要城鄉[a]中,絕不是最小的,
因為將來有一位領袖要從你那裡出來,
他要牧養我的子民以色列。』[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 馬太福音 2:6 首要城鄉——原文直譯「總督」。
  2. 馬太福音 2:6 《彌迦書》5:2。

And when he had gathered all (A)the chief priests and (B)scribes of the people together, (C)he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:

‘But(D) you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;
For out of you shall come a Ruler
(E)Who will shepherd My people Israel.’

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