Dictionary of Bible Themes Those professionally trained to develop, teach and apply the OT law. In the application of the law the oral teaching of these people often assumed greater authority than the written law. Thus, by the time of the NT, the teachers of the law were in conflict with Jesus Christ and the apostles, who taught with authority and condemned the outward religious acts that the teachers had fostered. Ezra 7:1-21Teachers of the law mentioned by name Nehemiah 8:1-18Ezra John 3:10Teachers of the law arose after the exile from amongst the earlier scribes whose duties were more strictly secretarial. Nicodemus Acts 5:34Gamaliel Teachers of the law belonged mainly to the Pharisees but as a body were distinct from them. Matthew 5:20Teachers of the law in conflict with Jesus Christ Concerning righteousness Matthew 9:2-8Concerning Jesus Christ's authority See also pp Mk 2:5-12 Mark 3:22-27; 11:27-33pp Lk 5:20-26 Matthew 12:38-39pp Lk 20:1-8 Concerning the seeking of signs Matthew 23:2-33Concerning hypocrisy pp Mk 12:38-40 See also pp Lk 13:34-35 Matthew 15:1-8pp Lk 20:46 Isaiah 29:13pp Mk 7:1-8 Matthew 21:15-16See also Concerning the children's praise Psalms 8:2Mark 2:16-17 Concerning Jesus Christ's mixing with sinners See also Luke 15:1-7pp Lk 5:30-32 Mark 12:35-37See also Concerning Jesus Christ's identity Psalms 110:1Luke 6:7-11 Concerning the Sabbath Luke 23:10The teachers of the law sought to get rid of Jesus Christ See also By falsely accusing him Matthew 26:57-60John 8:3-6 pp Mk 14:53-56 The teachers of the law were entrusted with the administration of the law as judges in the Sanhedrin Mark 11:18By looking for ways to arrest and kill him See also Mark 14:1pp Lk 19:47 Mark 14:43Luke 20:19 pp Lk 22:2 Mark 15:1pp Mk 12:12 See also By sending him to be tried before Pilate Luke 22:66-23:1Matthew 27:41-42 The teachers of the law, with others, mocked Christ crucified pp Mk 15:31-32 Matthew 16:21Jesus Christ foretold the opposition of the teachers of the law See also pp Mk 8:31 Matthew 20:18-19pp Lk 9:22 pp Mk 10:33-34 Acts 4:5-7; 6:12Teachers of the law in conflict with the apostles Matthew 2:4; 8:19-20; 13:52Teachers of the law in a non-confrontational setting Luke 20:391 Timothy 1:7 See also Matthew 7:28-29; 17:10Mark 1:22 Acts 23:9 pp Mk 9:11 See also 2012 Christ, authority2363 Christ, preaching & teaching 2545 Christ, opposition to 5375 law 5514 scribes 5589 trap 7550 Pharisees 7570 sects 7718 elders 7793 teachers 8767 hypocrisy 8787 opposition to God |
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