Mark 12:34

discreetly "wysely," Wyclif. The word only occurs here in the N.T., and denotes "with knowledge and understanding."

Thou art not far The perception of Divine truth which his answer had shewed, revealed that he wanted but little to become a disciple of Christ. "Si non procul es, intra; alias præstiterit, procul fuisse."

no man … durst No other attempt was henceforth made to entangle the Redeemer by replies to subtle questions; "all alike kept aloof from one, from Whom chief priests and Rabbis equally went away humbled." Some, however, would refer to this occasion the question respecting the woman taken in adultery (John 8:1-11).