TRADITION

TRADITION any kind of teaching, written or spoken, handed down from generation to generation. In Mark 7=>3, 9, 13, Colossians 2=>8, this word refers to the arbitrary interpretations of the Jews. In 2 Thessalonians 2=>15; 3=>6, it is used in a good sense. Peter (1 Peter 1=>18) uses this word with reference to the degenerate Judaism of the “strangers scattered” whom he addresses (comp. Acts 15=>10; Matthew 15=>2-6; Galatians 1=>14).