Acts 4:13, Peter and John; John 7:15, "how knoweth this man letters, having never learned?" The Jewish literati did not mean without common education, reading and writing, etc., and general acquaintance with the Old Testament Scriptures, but that Christ and His disciples were not rabbiically learned, never had sat at the feet of the great doctors of the law, they were only laics.
From the co-author of the classic Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary, Fausset's Bible Dictionary stands as one of the best single-volume Bible encyclopedias ever written for general use. The author's writing style is always clear and concise, and he tackles issues important to the average student of the Bible, not just the Biblical scholars. This makes Fausset an excellent tool for both everyday Bible study and in-depth lesson or sermon preparation.Wikipedia
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