A lawyer as a person skilled in the Mosaic law
Matthew 22:35; Luke 7:30, Luke 10:25, Luke 10:37, Luke 11:45–46, Luke 11:52, Luke 14:3; Titus 3:13
A lawyer as a person trained in rhetoric
Acts 24:1 The word translated “lawyer” means literally “orator”: a person trained in rhetoric who served as an attorney-at-law in a court trial.
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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.