Mark 2:6

2:6 Now some of the experts in the law ¹  were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds: ² 

Mark 11:28

11:28 and said, “By what authority ³  are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”

Mark 12:14

12:14 When they came they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone’s favor, because you show no partiality ⁴  but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. ⁵  Is it right ⁶  to pay taxes ⁷  to Caesar ⁸  or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

Luke 11:53-54

11:53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law ⁹  and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, ¹⁰  and to ask him hostile questions ¹¹  about many things, 11:54 plotting against ¹²  him, to catch ¹³  him in something he might say.

Hebrews 12:3

12:3 Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.

¹ tn Or “some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

² tn Grk “Reasoning within their hearts.”

³ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.

⁴ tn Grk “and it is not a concern to you about anyone because you do not see the face of men.”

⁵ sn Teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Very few comments are as deceitful as this one; they did not really believe this at all. The question of the Pharisees and Herodians was specifically designed to trap Jesus.

⁶ tn Or “lawful,” that is, in accordance with God’s divine law. On the syntax of ἔξεστιν (exestin) with an infinitive and accusative, see BDF §409.3.

⁷ tn According to L&N 57.180 the term κῆνσος (khnso") was borrowed from Latin and referred to a poll tax, a tax paid by each adult male to the Roman government.

⁸ tn Or “the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).

⁹ tn Or “the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

¹⁰ tn Or “terribly.”

¹¹ tn For this term see L&N 33.183.

¹² tn Grk “lying in ambush against,” but this is a figurative extension of that meaning.

¹³ tn This term was often used in a hunting context (BDAG 455 s.v. θηρεύω; L&N 27.30). Later examples of this appear in Luke 20.