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Matthew 22:34
But when the Pharisees had heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
But when the Pharisees had heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
Verse 34. _THEY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER._] επι το αυτο - _they came_ _together with one accord_, or, _for the same purpose_; i.e. of _ensnaring_ him in his _discourse_, as the Sadducees had done, Matth...
JESUS CONVERSES WITH A PHARISEE RESPECTING THE LAW - See also Mark 12:28. Matthew 22:34 THE PHARISEES ... WERE GATHERED TOGETHER - That is, either to rejoice that their great rivals, the Sadducees, h...
10. THE PARABLE OF THE MARRIAGE FEAST. The King's Answers and His Question. CHAPTER 22 1. The Parable of the Marriage Feast. (Matthew 22:1 .) 2. The Herodians Answered. (Matthew 22:15 .) 3. The Sad...
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (Mark 12:28 *, Luke 10:25). Mt. puts the questioner, whom he calls a Pharisee, in much less favourable light than Mk. He tempts Jesus to what is not clear (Lk.'s _ekpeirazô n,...
JOY AND JUDGMENT (Matthew 22:1-10)...
When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. One of them, who was an expert in the Law, asked him a question as a test: "What commandment in the Law is greatest...
The Greatest Commandment Mark 12:28-34; Luke 10:25-28 In St Luke the question is asked at an earlier period of the ministry, after the return of the Seventy; and the meaning of "neighbour" is illust...
_had put … to silence_ Literally, GAGGED; hence silenced completely, not only for the moment. The same Greek work is used (Matthew 22:12) of the guest; Mark 1:25 and Luke 4:35, of silencing a demon;...
ἘΦΊΜΩΣΕΝ. Literally ‘gagged’ or ‘muzzled,’ hence silenced completely, not only for the moment. φιμὸς is a muzzle for dogs, or a nose-band in a horse’s bridle: φιμοὶ δὲ συρίζουσι βάρβαρον τρόπον. Æsch....
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT Mark 12:28-34; comp. Luke 10:25-28 In Luke the question is asked at an earlier period of the ministry, after the return of the Seventy; and the meaning of ‘neighbour’ is ill...
Ver 34. But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 35. Then one of them, which was a Lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying...
_THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT AND AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION MATTHEW 22:34-46:_ The Pharisees Jesus asked about the greatest commandment. He gave them that and more. "You shall love the Lord your God with all...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Matthew 22:22. ΈΦΊΜΩΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 22:12. ΣΥΝΉΧΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΣΥΝΆΓΩ (G4863) собирать вместе. _Pass._ используется в _refl._ з...
TEXT: 22:34-40 34 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him: 36 Teacher,...
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 12:13....
14 See Mat_20:16. 15-22 Compare Mar_12:13-17; Luk_20:20-26. 15 Fulsome flattery has proven the undoing of many men, and seldom fails to throw them off their guard. The man of God should beware off it...
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT OF THE LAW (Mark 12:28). Considering that this question was asked by an individual Pharisee, that there is nothing ensnaring in it, and that Jesus commended His questioner, sayin...
PARABLES OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE KING'S SON AND THE WEDDING GARMENT 1-14. Marriage of the King's Son (peculiar to St. Matthew). Jesus concludes His discourse by reiterating in still clearer and stronge...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 22 THE STORY ABOUT THE WEDDING MEAL 22:1-14 V1 Jesus told them some more stories. V2 ‘Where God rules, it is like this’, he said. ‘A...
HAD PUT THE SADDUCEES TO SILENCE. — The primary meaning of the Greek verb is to stop a man’s power of speaking with a gag, and even in its wider use it retains the sense of putting men to a coerced an...
6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
_The great commandment_ (Mark 12:28-34). In a still more marked degree than in the case of the man in quest of eternal life, Mk.'s account presents the subject of this incident in a more favourable li...
ἀκούσαντες, hearing; not without pleasure, if also with annoyance, at the uniform success of Jesus. ἐφίμωσεν : silenced, muzzled, from φιμός, a muzzle (Matthew 22:12, used in literal sense in Deuteron...
THE SUMMARY OF THE LAW Matthew 22:34-46 Our Lord seemed to say: “Here is all Scripture in a nutshell; the whole range of human duty in a portable pocket form.” We are reminded of Ecclesiastes 12:13....
The first two parables contained the history of the Hebrew nation up to the slaying of the Son. This one is prophetic. It presents the sin of this people in the light of the day of grace. The King sen...
(7) But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. (7) The gospel does not abolish the precepts of the law, but rather it confirms them....
The Pharisees heard that he had silenced their adversaries, the Sadducees, &c. Some of them, says St. Luke, (xx. 39.) applauded him, saying, Master, thou hast said well. (Witham) --- The Pharisees ass...
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...
"But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. (35) Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, (36)...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
Although I think that this narrative has nothing more than a resemblance to what is related by Matthew in the 22nd, and by Mark in the 12th chapter, of his Gospel, and that they are not the same; I ha...
In chapter 22, their conduct with respect to the invitations of grace is presented in its turn. The parable is therefore a similitude of the kingdom of heaven. The purpose of God is to honour His Son...
BUT WHEN THE PHARISEES HAD HEARD,.... Either with their own ears, they being some of them present: or rather from the relation of others, from the Scribes, who expressed their approbation of Christ's...
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Ver. 34. _But when the Pharisees_] _Nunquam bella bonis, nunquam certamina desunt._ Truth never...
_When the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence_ Gr. οτι εφιμοσε, that he had _stopped their mouths_, or so _confuted_ that he had _confounded_ them, and rendered them unable to mak...
The parable of Chapter 21 has shown Israel as under law, responsible to return to God some results of the blessing with which He had entrusted them. Under responsibility they had not only failed, but...
34-40 An interpreter of the law asked our Lord a question, to try, not so much his knowledge, as his judgment. The love of God is the first and great commandment, and the sum of all the commands of t...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 22:40"....
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews all the precepts which afterwards sprouted forth when given through Moses; that is, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart and out of thy whole soul; T...
Matthew 22:34 But G1161 Pharisees G5330 heard G191 (G5660) that G3754 silenced G5392 (G5656) Sadducees G4523 gathe
THE QUESTION AS TO WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (22:34-40). Jesus' success over the Sadducees was seen as sufficiently impressive to cause rumours concerning it to spread around which came to the...
‘But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together.' The Pharisees had no doubt heard with approval that Jesus had confuted the Sadducees on the...
The defeated and embittered Pharisees send the Herodians to ensnare our Lord with a political question. The reply sends them away in astonishment (Matthew 22:15-21). The Sadducees now appear with a fl...
Matthew 22:34. BUT THE PHARISEES HEARING. Even their gratification at the defeat of their usual opponents, the Sadducees (Mark 12:28; Luke 20, did not diminish their enmity. Hence a renewal of the ass...
Matthew 22:34-40. THE LAST QUESTION OF THE PHARISEES....
HE HAD PUT THE SADDUCEES TO SILENCE (εφιμωσεν τους Σαδδουκαιους). Muzzled the Sadducees. The Pharisees could not restrain their glee though they were joining with the Sadducees in trying to entrap...
CONTENTS: Parable of the marriage feast. Jesus' answer to the Herodians. Sadducees and Pharisees. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, lawyer. CONCLUSION: The gospel call bids all to the great marriage feast. Som...
Matthew 22:2. _The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son._ The marriage of the heir apparent, giving stability to the throne, protection to the subject, and g...
34-35. WHEN THE PHARISEES HEARD. The Sadducees had not been able to trap Jesus. Now the Pharisees made plans to do so....
_Master, which is the great commandment in the law?_ HOW MAY WE ATTAIN TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL OUR HEARTS, SOULS, AND MINDS I. What is it to love God with all the heart, soul, and mind? 1. What is lov...
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 22 _And Jesus answered_, &c., refuting the incredulity of the Scribes. The meaning is: it is the same in the kingdom of Heaven, _i.e._, in the Church militant here on earth, as if a king made...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 22:35. A LAWYER.—The precise distinction between the “lawyer” and the other scribes rested, probably, on technicalities that have left little or no trace behind them. The word...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 22:1 _Parable of the marriage of the king_'_s son. _(Peculiar to St. Matthew.) MATTHEW 22:1 JESUS ANSWERED AND SPAKE UNTO THEM. After they had heard our Lord's words at the end...
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables (Matthew 22:1), Now He is still there, and He is laying on them these parables. And He said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king...
Acts 19:23; Acts 21:28; Acts 5:24; Isaiah 41:5; John 11:47;...
Put to silence [ε φ ι μ ω σ ε ν]. There is a kind of grim humor in the use of this word : he had muzzled the Sadducees. Compare ver. 12....
Mark 12:28; Luke 10:25....
The Sadducees being put by Christ to silence, the Pharisees again encounter him; they send to him. lawyer, that is, one of their interpreters and expounders of the law of Moses, who propounds this que...