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A scribe (heis grammateus). One (heis)=“a,” indefinite article. Already a disciple as shown by “another of the disciples” (heteros tōn mathētōn) in Mat 8:21. He calls Jesus “Teacher” (didaskale), but he seems to be a “bumptious” brother full of self-confidence and self-complacency. “Even one of that most unimpressionable class, in spirit and tendency utterly opposed to the ways of Jesus” (Bruce). Yet Jesus deals gently with him.