Schoolmaster (Hastings' Dictionary)

Only Gal 3«- » AV (Gr. Tai.Sayuy6!, which occurs also in 1 Co 4" AV ' instructer ' ; RV in all places 'tutor'). The iratSayuyis (Lat. prnd'trjogtis) was a person (gener- ally a slave) who had charge of the Greek or Roman boy till he reached manhood. Tindale's translation ' scholcmaster' (Wye. ' maister ') is misleading, as the vaibayuiybi was not a school- master or teacher (StSiaKoKoi).

Nor is the apostle thinking of one who conducted to school, though no doubt the iraiStiyurylit might lead the boy to school if he went there. The contrast in GaJ. is between the restraint of boyhood and the liberty of manhood. To be under the Law is to be always under the control of a iraiJti7iiryiit, to be in Christ is to be free from that irksome restraint. J. Hastings.