or TEACHERS, of the law, a class of men in great repute among
the Jews. They had studied the law of Moses in its various branches, and
the numerous interpretations which had been grafted upon it in later
times; and, on various occasions, they gave their opinion on cases
referred to them for advice. Nicodemus, himself a doctor (διδάσκαλος,
_teacher_) of the law, comes to consult Jesus, whom he compliments in
the same terms as he was accustomed to receive from his scholars:
“Rabbi, we know that thou art διδάσκαλος, a competent teacher from God.”
Doctors of the law were chiefly of the sect of the Pharisees; but they
are sometimes distinguished from that sect, Luke v, 17.
the Jews. They had studied the law of Moses in its various branches, and
the numerous interpretations which had been grafted upon it in later
times; and, on various occasions, they gave their opinion on cases
referred to them for advice. Nicodemus, himself a doctor (διδάσκαλος,
_teacher_) of the law, comes to consult Jesus, whom he compliments in
the same terms as he was accustomed to receive from his scholars:
“Rabbi, we know that thou art διδάσκαλος, a competent teacher from God.”
Doctors of the law were chiefly of the sect of the Pharisees; but they
are sometimes distinguished from that sect, Luke v, 17.