Matthew 2:3
Douay-Rheims
And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Remigius of Auxerre
They are called Scribes, not from the employment of writing, but from the interpretation of the Scriptures, for they were doctors of the law. Observe, he does not enquire where Christ is born, but where He should be born; the subtle purpose of this was to see if they would shew pleasure at the birth of their King. He calls Him Christ, because he knew that the King of the Jews was anointed.
Source details
A.D. 908 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 2:3-6
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.