The Bible

Matthew 7:29

²⁹ For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Commentary

Scribes, chief priests

'The chief priests and scribes,' as in Matthew 20:18, signify the adulterations of good and the falsifications of truth.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 655)

The Bible

Matthew 20:17

¹⁷ As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,