And when he had gathered all the (d) chief priests and (e) scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
(d) The chief priests, that is, such as were of Aaron's family, who were divided into twenty-four orders. (1 Chronicles 24:5; 2 Chronicles 36:14).
(e) They that expound the law to the people, for the Hebrews take this word for another, which means as much as to expound and to declare.