TSK · Matthew 2:4

supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. They defiled the LORD’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

Artaxerxes Gives Official Endorsement to Ezra’s Mission What follows is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. Ezra was a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the LORD and his statutes over Israel:

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their colleagues in the days of Jeshua.

How can you say,“We are wise! We have the law of the LORD”? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean.

because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law.

But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,“Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

Jesus answered,“Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?

The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them

On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly,“We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”