Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! A group of scribes and Pharisees confronts Jesus, interrupting his teaching session. Quill pens are still used today mainly by professional scribes and calligraphers. Then Judas comes with an armed mob, sent by the chief priests, scribes and elders. The Pharisee ("separatist") party emerged largely out of the group of scribes and sages. Many texts survive in multiple copies because they were repeatedly transcribed by scribes in training. Many of these are from lengthy lists of deities compiled by ancient Mesopotamian scribes. For this reason, Thoth was universally worshipped by ancient Egyptian scribes. Clearly recognizable are the figures of Hunahpu, Xbalanque, and the howler monkey scribes and sculptors. They are written using a painstakingly careful method by highly qualified scribes. Many of these scribes were discovered by their colophon. The medieval scribes of ' eschewed physical descriptions. Paleo-Hebrew was still used by scribes and others. Some of the Jerusalem scribes contended that Jesus derived his power through demonic sources. Nabu was the patron god of scribes, literacy, and wisdom.