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Matthew 2:4

Matthew 2:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the chief: Matthew 21:15, Matthew 21:23, Matthew 26:3, Matthew 26:47, Matthew 27:1; 1 Chronicles 24:4-19; 2 Chronicles 36:14; Ezra 10:5; Nehemiah 12:7; Psalms 2:2; John 7:32, John 18:3

scribes: Matthew 7:29, Matthew 13:52; 2 Chronicles 34:13, 2 Chronicles 34:15; Ezra 7:6, Ezra 7:11-12; Jeremiah 8:8; Mark 8:31; Luke 20:19; Luke 23:10; John 8:3; Acts 4:5, Acts 6:12, Acts 23:9

he demanded: Malachi 2:7; John 3:10

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