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)." See where Scribes occurs in the Bible...
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CliodhnaGolden
"@Ciaaan I might though cause come on it'd be funny :L I look like condensed poo in all of them but it's a laugh :L you going scribes?"
kymmcnabney
"RT @JesusHasSpoken: Mark 12:35
And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?"
eboy317537
"@JedCSupsup diba kasali ka sa marian scribes?"
NaiiVicious
"RT @RdeTOCA_PELOTA: -e tio tu tuiteas en studio estadio? xd
-no xk??
-xk scribes cmo un retrasado supnormal xdddddd"
RdeTOCA_PELOTA
"-e tio tu tuiteas en studio estadio? xd
-no xk??
-xk scribes cmo un retrasado supnormal xdddddd"
pronuncian
"Why is there a 'b' in the #spelling of doubt? Blame those Latin-loving 13th century scribes. http://t.co/UBM8ygzgrW"
eboy317537
"@magdaMAGSSS marian scribes kaba?"
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JesusHasSpoken
"Mark 12:35
And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?"
fanyrely
"@llibre_rp88 k hacs? Xk no m scribes? -_-"
S_Kalchbrenner
"Mrs. Lauer, when will I ever need to know who the Sadducees, Pharisees, and the Scribes were?"
morin7moy
""@AntaresChoi: Who is hypocrites?"scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, in Matthew?"
RS1022
"@brithume @JamesRosenFNC Holder investigates Holder? If your media colleagues don't jump on this, they've de-volved into Scribes for O"
Aranfuentes
"@veronica_nora jajaja cariiii xero xq nos mencionas y no nos scribes nada??? Eres un caso!! Todavia no lo as piyado tu a esto el truki ehhh"