one of the lawyers See on Luke 7:30; Luke 10:25. This Scribe thought that Jesus could not possibly mean to reflect on the honoured class who copied and expounded the Law.

reproachest Literally, "insultest." There was a difference between

Pharisees and lawyers; the position of the latter involved more culture and distinction. They were the -divines," the -theologians" of that day. Hence the man's reproach. -Lawyer" and -Scribe" seem to be more or less convertible terms (Luke 11:52-53; Matthew 23:13). Jesus here charges them with tyrannical insincerity (Luke 11:46), persecuting rancour (Luke 11:47-51), and theological arrogance and exclusiveness (Luke 11:52).

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