{A scribe} (heis grammateus). One (heis)="a," indefinite
article. Already a disciple as shown by "another of the
disciples" (heteros t(936e) math(8874)(936e)) in  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.