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Matthew 7:29

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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)

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Matthew 20:18

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18 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,