Matthew 22:35 - "And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him."

Titus 3:13 - "Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing."

Among the Jews, the biblical lawyer was one who was learned in the Mosaic Law; however, it is also generally supposed to be equivalent to the title "scribe." A man could be both a scribe and a lawyer, but this does not necessarily mean that all lawyers were scribes. It has been sai…