What were Greek and Roman tutors and governors responsible for?
They were responsible for teaching and tutoring Greek and Roman children, preparing them for the day they would take on family and business responsibility, until the father determined they were ready to become full heirs, as the father set the age.
Les teaches that Greek and Roman children were placed under tutors and governors by the father. These tutors had the responsibility to teach and tutor the child, preparing him for the day he would be old enough to take on family responsibility and business responsibility. The father decided how long this arrangement lasted, and the child remained under tutors and governors until the father was satisfied that the child had reached the time of becoming full heir with the father. Les explains this as an illustration: just as those children were under the rule of a tutor, so Israel, when they were children under the law, were in bondage. The father paid very little attention to them during that time. The Gentile world was never under the law of Moses; only the children of Israel were. To live under the law is always bondage.
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
More Questions
Who decided when a Greek or Roman child was released from his tutor?
The date when a child stopped being under tutors and became a full heir was set by the father, not a fixed age, and varied from case to case.
Who decided when a child under a tutor was old enough to stop being tutored and take on family responsibility?
The age at which a Greek or Roman child was released from tutors and became a full heir was not fixed but was set by the father, who instructed the tutor to teach the child until such and such an age.