The chief priests] The heads of the four and twenty priestly families, or courses, 1 Chron. 24. 5, 6, 10. with Luke 1. 5. 2 Chron. 36. 14. Or, such as by corruption had most authority among the priests then. Scribes] Men of specill skill in expounding the law, 2 Samuel 8:17. Ezra 7:6. These were most likely to satisfe Herods question. where Christ should be born] He would not acknowledge, that Christ was born, lest he should be taken away from his fury.