{The teacher of Israel} (ho didaskalos tou Isra(886c)). The
well-known or the authorized (the accepted) teacher of the Israel
of God. Note both articles. {And understandest not these things?}
(kai tauta ou gin(9373)keis;). After being told by Jesus and after
so propitious a start. His Pharisaic theology had made him almost
proof against spiritual apprehension. It was outside of his
groove (rote, rut, rot, the three terrible r's of mere
traditionalism).