Grammateus (ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ) is the Greek word for scribe. It’s used in the Bible to refer to Jewish teachers of the law. 

The term is often used negatively in describing the teachers of the law who opposed Jesus when He was on the earth.

However, there are a few exceptions.  Such as Matthew 13:52.

Matthew chapter 13 contains seven parables that Jesus told:  the Parable of the Sower, the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares, the Parable of the Mustard Seed, the Parable of the Leaven, the Parable of the Treasure in the Field, the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price and the Parable of the Dragnet.

Near the end of the chapter, we find this verse:    Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Matthew 13:52

Jesus is referring to scribes who have been discipled in the Kingdom.  He seems to be describing a new kind of teacher of the law, who will teach the New Covenant.

This scribe brings forth both new and old things in his teaching.  This could partially refer to the use of the Old and New Covenant.   The New Covenant is the one which Christians are under, yet the Old Covenant should not be neglected, as it provides much of the foundation of the New Covenant.

As Bible students ourselves, we too encounter new and old things in our study of the Scriptures.   Those of us who have read the Bible for years can still encounter new and discoveries “ I never noticed that before”.

That’s the purpose of my new website, Grammateus, to explore various Biblical topics.  Some of it you’ve no doubt studied before, maybe occasionally there will be something new. 

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