"A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally..."
The pedagogue was a slave employed by wealthy Greeks or Romans. This slave had particular responsibility over one of their children. He was responsible to see the child to and from school, and for watching the child's behaviour. His duty was to superintend his conduct.
In a way this slave was the teacher, mentor, and guardian of the child. He had the authority to discipline the child, and to watch over him.
Galatians 3:24 "So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith."
Bill Mounce points out that the Greek for "guardian" in that verse is referring specifically to this pedagogue slave. It was a reference that Paul used deliberately, that the people should know precisely to what he was referring.
It's a good article. Worth reading.
I love looking at the Greek context because the words can mean so much. Its good insight.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the word "pedagogue" made my parental controls block your site. :P Lol, it was funny.
LOL! That is pretty funny. XD
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