Meaning of “Scribes”
Scribes — anciently held various important offices in the public affairs of the nation. The Hebrew word so rendered (sopher) is first used to designate the holder of some military office (Judg. 5:14; A.V., "pen of the writer;" R.V., "the marshal's staff;" marg., "the staff of the scribe"). The scribes acted as secretaries of state, whose business it was to prepare and issue decrees in the name of the king (2 Sam. 8:17; 20:25; 1 Chr. 18:16; 24:6; 1 Kings 4:3; 2 Kings 12:9-11; 18:18-37, etc.). They discharged various other important public duties as men of high authority and influence in the affairs of state. There was also a subordinate class of scribes, most of whom were Levites. They were engaged in various ways as writers. Such, for example, was Baruch, who "wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord" (Jer. 36:4, 32). In later times, after the Captivity, when the nation lost its independence, the scribes turned their attention to the law, gaining for themselves distinction by their intimate acquaintance with its contents. On them devolved the duty of multiplying copies of the law and of teaching it to others (Ezra 7:6, 10-12; Neh. 8:1, 4, 9, 13). It is evident that in New Testament times the scribes belonged to the sect of the Pharisees, who supplemented the ancient written law by their traditions (Matt. 23), thereby obscuring it and rendering it of none effect. The titles "scribes" and "lawyers" (q.v.) are in the Gospels interchangeable (Matt. 22:35; Mark 12:28; Luke 20:39, etc.). They were in the time of our Lord the public teachers of the people, and frequently came into collision with him. They afterwards showed themselves greatly hostile to the apostles (Acts 4:5; 6:12). Some of the scribes, however, were men of a different spirit, and showed themselves friendly to the gospel and its preachers. Thus Gamaliel advised the Sanhedrin, when the apostles were before them charged with "teaching in this name," to "refrain from these men and let them alone" (Acts 5:34-39; comp. 23:9).
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1 Kings Chapter 4 Verse 3 — Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 1 Chronicles Chapter 2 Verse 55 — And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. 2 Chronicles Chapter 34 Verse 13 — Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. Esther Chapter 3 Verse 12 — Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. Esther Chapter 8 Verse 9 — Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. Jeremiah Chapter 8 Verse 8 — How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. Matthew Chapter 2 Verse 4 — And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. Matthew Chapter 5 Verse 20 — For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew Chapter 7 Verse 29 — For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Matthew Chapter 9 Verse 3 — And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. Matthew Chapter 12 Verse 38 — Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. Matthew Chapter 15 Verse 1 — Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Matthew Chapter 16 Verse 21 — From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Matthew Chapter 17 Verse 10 — And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? Matthew Chapter 20 Verse 18 — Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, Matthew Chapter 21 Verse 15 — And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 2 — Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 13 — But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 14 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 15 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 23 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 25 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 27 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 29 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 34 — Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: Matthew Chapter 26 Verse 3 — Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, Matthew Chapter 26 Verse 57 — And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. Matthew Chapter 27 Verse 41 — Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, Mark Chapter 1 Verse 22 — And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. Mark Chapter 2 Verse 6 — But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, Mark Chapter 2 Verse 16 — And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? Mark Chapter 3 Verse 22 — And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. Mark Chapter 7 Verse 1 — Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. Mark Chapter 7 Verse 5 — Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? Mark Chapter 8 Verse 31 — And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. Mark Chapter 9 Verse 11 — And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? Mark Chapter 9 Verse 14 — And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. Mark Chapter 9 Verse 16 — And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? Mark Chapter 10 Verse 33 — Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: Mark Chapter 11 Verse 18 — And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine. Mark Chapter 11 Verse 27 — And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, Mark Chapter 12 Verse 28 — And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? Mark Chapter 12 Verse 35 — And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? Mark Chapter 12 Verse 38 — And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, Mark Chapter 14 Verse 1 — After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. Mark Chapter 14 Verse 43 — And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Mark Chapter 14 Verse 53 — And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. Mark Chapter 15 Verse 1 — And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. Mark Chapter 15 Verse 31 — Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. Luke Chapter 5 Verse 21 — And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
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