Mark:12:38-39

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rwp @Mark:12:38 @{Beware of the scribes } (\blepete apo t “n grammate “n \). Jesus now turns to the multitudes and to his disciples (Matthew:23:1 |) and warns them against the scribes and the Pharisees while they are still there to hear his denunciation . The scribes were the professional teachers of the current Judaism and were nearly all Pharisees . Mark (Mark:14:38-40 |) gives a mere summary sketch of this bold and terrific indictment as preserved in strkjv @Matthew:23 | in words that fairly blister today . strkjv @Luke:20:45-47 | follows Mark closely . See strkjv @Matthew:8:15 | for this same use of \blepete apo \ with the ablative . It is usually called a translation-Hebraism , a usage not found with \blep “\ in the older Greek . But the papyri give it , a vivid vernacular idiom . "Beware of the Jews " (\blepe saton apo t “n Ioudai “n \, Berl . G . U . 1079 . A .D . 41 ). See Robertson , _Grammar_ , p . 577 . The pride of the pompous scribes is itemized by Mark : {To walk in long robes } (\stolais \), {stoles }, the dress of dignitaries like kings and priests . {Salutations in the marketplaces } (\aspasmous en tais agorais \), where the people could see their dignity recognized . rwp @Mark:12:39 @{First seats in the synagogues } (\pr “tokathedrias \). As a mark of special piety , seats up in front while now the hypocrites present in church prefer the rear seats . {Chief places at feasts } (\pr “toklisias en tois deipnois \). Recognizing proper rank and station . Even the disciples fall victims to this desire for precedence at table (Luke:22:24 |).

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