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The New King James Version Chapter 15

scribes

Matthew 15:1 NKJV

Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

Pharisees

Definitions

PHARISEES (Φαρισαῖος, Pharisaios). Members of a Jewish party that exercised strict piety according to Mosaic law. The Pharisees were a sect within early Judaism, becoming active around 150 bc and enduring as a distinct party until being subsumed into the Rabbinic movement around ad 135.

Scribe

SCRIBE (סוֹפֵר, sopher; γραμματεύς, grammateus). Someone employed for his ability to read and write. Existed throughout the ancient Near East and Mediterranean over several millennia.

The Hebrew word for “scribe” (סוֹפֵר, sopher) comes from the verbal root meaning “to write.” The participle form of the Hebrew word for scribe means “writer” or “secretary.” In Greek, the word is γραμματεύς (grammateus).

Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (יְרוּשָׁלַםִ, yerushalami). The capital city of biblical Israel, and later of the southern kingdom of Judah. The central location for Israel’s self-understanding of life under God.