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Mark 12:30
and thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
and thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Verse 30. _THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD_] On the nature and properties of the _love of God_ and _man_, and the _way_ in which this commandment is fulfilled, Matthew 22:37, Matthew 22:37, c....
See the notes at Matthew 22:34. Mark 12:28 PERCEIVING THAT HE ANSWERED THEM WELL - That is, with wisdom, and with a proper understanding of the law. In this case the opinion of the Saviour correspond...
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The Parable of the Vineyard. (Mark 12:1 .Matthew 21:33; Luke 20:9)_ 2. The Question concerning the Tribute Money. (Mark 1
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT. This further question does not seem to be put in a spirit of hostility. The scribe may have been a Pharisee who admired the answer Jesus had given to the Sadducees. There was...
REJECTION AND RETRIBUTION (Mark 12:1-12)...
One of the experts in the law, who had listened to the discussion, and who realized that Jesus had answered them well, approached him and asked him, "What is the first commandment of all?" Jesus answe...
LOVE. See App-135. WITH. out of, or from. Greek. _ek._ App-104. ALL THY. thy whole. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndetom._ App-6. SOUL. Greek. _psuche_. App-110. THIS (IS] THE FIRST COMMA...
30. [2792][2793][2794][2795][2796] omit αὕτη πρώτη ἐντολή. [2792] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg....
28–34. THE SCRIBE’S QUESTION ABOUT THE GREAT COMMANDMENT Matthew 22:34-40. Cf. Luke 10:25-28; Luke 20:39...
Ver 28. And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked Him, "Which is the first commandment of all?" 29. And Jesus answered...
_QUESTIONS DESIGNED TO TRAP JESUS MARK 12:18-34:_ The Sadducees denied that souls are immortal. They said that there is no resurrection, nor spirits nor angels. (Acts 23:8) They acted as if they wante...
ΆΓΑΠΉΣΕΙΣ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ (G25) любить. _Fut._ со _знач. imper._ является переводом_евр. impf._, который используется как юссив (МН, 458; BG, 94)....
DISCOURSE: 1449 LOVE TO GOD, THE GREAT COMMANDMENT Mark 12:28. And one of the Scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is...
_SUMMARY 11:1 TO 12:44_ In this section the historian has presented only one miracle, that of withering the barren fig-tree. The section is chiefly taken up with conversations and speeches, in which s...
6. THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS 12:28-34 _TEXT 12:28-34_ And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the...
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. AND THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GO...
18 Now that He has answered the hardest question of the Pharisees and Herodians, the Sadducees bring Him their best argument against the truth of resurrection. There is the constant tendency, even amo...
VARIOUS INCIDENTS AND DISCOURSES IN THE TEMPLE 1-12. The wicked husbandmen (Matthew 21:33; Luke 20:9). See on Mt....
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT (Matthew 22:34). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 12 THE GARDEN AND THE CRUEL WORKERS VERSES 1-12 A servant does his work on behalf...
CHAPTER 12:28-34 (MARK 12:28) THE DISCERNING SCRIBE "And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that He had answered them well, asked Him, What commandment is the f...
Heart, soul, mind, strength (ἰσχύος); in Mt.: heart, soul, mind; in Lk. (Luke 10:27): heart, soul, strength, mind; in Deut. (Deuteronomy 6:4): heart, soul, strength (δυνάμεως); all varied ways of sayi...
_The great commandment_ (Matthew 22:34-40). The permanent value of this section lies in the answer of Jesus to the question put to Him, which is substantially the same in both Mt. and Mk. The accounts...
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT Mark 12:28-44 To the young ruler our Lord named one command as great-the love of one's neighbor. Now, in answer to this scribe, he turned with unerring choice, first to Deutero...
In this parable of the vineyard the Lord very graphically sketched for those people their own national history, and condemned them thereby. "They perceived that He spake the parable against them." The...
THE THEOLOGIAN AND THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS Matthew 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34. “And one of the scribes coming to Him, and having them interrogating Him, knowing that He answered them beautifully, asks Him...
(28) And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? (29) And Jesus answered him...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
_THE DISCIPLINE OF THE SOUL_ ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all … thy soul.’ Mark 12:30 Let me speak of the discipline of the soul as tending to perfection here, and also as an indispensabl...
_THE LINK BETWEEN THE TWO COMMANDMENTS_ ‘The first of all the commandments is … And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.’ Mark 12:29 Let us think together of t...
_‘THE DOUBLE COMMANDMENT_ Which is the first commandment of all?… Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.… Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.’ Mark 12:28 We have in these words a master instance o...
The Lord afterwards gives the substance of the whole law, as the principle of blessing between the creature and God, and that which formed the touchstone for the heart in the rejection of Christ. I sa...
AND THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD,.... Which is to be understood of the one God, Father, Son, and Spirit; for all the three divine persons are to be equally loved, being possessed of the same perfe...
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this _is_ the first commandment. Ver. 30. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:37...
_And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart_ The summary of piety contained in these words, (see notes on Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 22:37,) is introduced by the preceding emphatical and st...
28-34 Those who sincerely desire to be taught their duty, Christ will guide in judgment, and teach his way. He tells the scribe that the great commandment, which indeed includes all, is, that of lovi...
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First Apology of Justin And that we ought to worship God alone, He thus persuaded us: "The greatest commandment is, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shall thou serve, with all thy he...
Mark 12:30 And G2532 love G25 (G5692) LORD G2962 your G4675 God G2316 with G1537 all G3650 your...
Mark 12:29-31. Mark quotes Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Leviticus 19:18, more fully than Matthew. Notice the briefer readings adopted in the foot-notes. WITH ALL THY STRENGTH. This probably refers to moral ene...
Mark 12:28-34. THIRD ASSAULT. See notes on Matthew 22:34-40. Luke (Luke 20:39) merely hints at this....
Mark 12:30 The True Application of Christian Doctrines. I. Jesus came, first, to teach men of God. Without this knowledge man can never understand himself, either as to his nature, his duties, or his...
Mark 12:29 The Ideal of Christian Consecration. Notice: I. The character of the love of God. It is not necessary that we should accurately determine the philosophical signification of the words hear...
Mark 12:12. _And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way._ Christ's enemies could not i...
CONTENTS: Parable of householder demanding fruit from his vineyards. The tribute question. Jesus answers the Sadducees. The great commandments. The widow's mite. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Caesa...
Mark 12:1. _A certain man planted a vineyard._ See on Matthew 20:1. The idea conveys an enlarged view of its magnitude, conformably to what is said in Psalms 80. and Isaiah 5.
A TEACHER OF THE LAW WAS THERE. Matthew tells that this man asked Jesus the question to "trap him." See notes on Matthew 22:34-40. YOU ARE NOT FAR FROM THE KINGDOM OF GOD. Jesus said this because the...
_And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart._ LOVE TO GOD SECURES ALL BLESSINGS “Love not pleasure,” says Carlyle; “love God. This the Everlasting Yea wherein all contradiction is solve...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 12:28 LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD. See Deuteronomy 6:4; and note on Matt. 22:37–38....
RELIGIOUS LEADERS QUESTION JESUS ON THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT MATTHEW 22:34-40; MARK 12:28-34; MATTHEW 22:34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathere...
CHAPTER 12 1 _The parable of the vineyard_. 13 _Touching the paying of tribute_. 18 _The Sadducees confuted_. 35 _A difficulty proposed to the scribes._ VER. 1 _. Planted a vineyard._ Gr. _ε̉φύτευσεν_...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 12:28. The scribe’s question was—_Of what nature is the first commandment of all?_ Has it to do, that is, with Sabbath observance, or with circumcision, or with s...
EXPOSITION MARK 12:1 AND HE BEGAN TO SPEAK UNTO THEM IN PARABLES. This particular parable which follows was specially directed against the scribes and Pharisees; but it was uttered in the presence o...
Mark's gospel, chapter 12. Now we remember that Jesus is in the temple. This is the day after He had cleansed it again. It is on Tuesday. It is His final week. Sunday He had made His triumphant entry...
With all thy heart [ε ξ ο λ η ς τ η ς κ α ρ δ ι α ς σ ο υ]. Lit., out of thy whole heart. The heart, not only as the seat of the affections, but as the center of our complex being - physical, moral, s...
With all thy strength — That is, the whole strength and capacity of thy understanding, will, and affections....