Verse 36. _WHICH_ IS _THE GREAT COMMANDMENT_] We see here _three_ kinds of _enemies_ and false accusers of Christ and his disciples; and _three_ sorts of _accusations_ brought against them. 1. The _...
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...
WHICH, &C.. what kind of commandment? IS THE GREAT. is great. The Scribes divided them all up: 248 affirmative ones (the number of the members of the body): 365 negative (the number of days in the yea...
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...
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...
ΜΕΓΆΛΗ (G3173) великая. Положительная степень _adj._ используется как superl, "величайший" (BD, 127). Раввины насчитывали 613 заповедей: 248 утвердительных и 365 отрицательных (SB, 1:900905)....
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....
24 From their subsequent course (Act_23:8), it is evident that the Sadducees were not convinced. Their difficulty was deeper. It was in the heart. Though they could not answer, they could refuse to be...
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...
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...
WHICH _is_ THE GREAT COMMANDMENT?] A question debated by the Jewish schools. The best Jewish opinion coincided with our Lord's. Philo, our Lord's contemporary, says, 'To speak briefly, of the innumera...
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...
WHICH IS THE GREAT COMMANDMENT...? — Literally, _of what kind._ The questioner asked as if it belonged to a class. Our Lord’s answer is definite, “_This_ is the first and great commandment.”...
6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
ποία ἐντολὴ : what sort of a commandment? it is a question not about an individual commandment, but about the qualities that determine greatness in the legal region. This was a question of the schools...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
MASTER, WHICH IS THE GREAT COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW?] He calls him "master, Rabbi, or doctor", as the Sadducees had in Matthew 22:24 either because he was usually so called by his disciples, and by the...
Master, which _is_ the great commandment in the law? Ver. 36. _Which is the great commandment_] the Rabbis reckoned up 613 commandments of the law; and distinguished them into the greater and the les...
_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...
IN THE LAW; the law of God....
MASTER, WHICH IS THE GREAT COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW?...
THE SILENCING OF THE PHARISEES. Information asked and given:...
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"....
Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved? The Master accordingly, when asked, "Which is the greatest of the commandments? "says, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy so...
Matthew 22:36 Teacher G1320 which G4169 great G3173 commandment G1785 in G1722 law G3551...
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...
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” His question was simply as to which was the greatest and most important commandment in the whole of the Law. Some of the Scribes and Pharisees did...
Matthew 22:36. WHAT COMMANDMENT IS GREAT IN THE LAW? _i.e._, the Mosaic law. Not merely greater than the rest, but ‘great,' as including the rest. Comp. Matthew 22:38; Matthew 22:40. If there was a re...
Matthew 22:34-40. THE LAST QUESTION OF THE PHARISEES....
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...
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW (εντολη μεγαλη εν τω νομω). The positive adjective is sometimes as high in rank as the superlative. See μεγας in Matthew 5:19 in contrast with ελαχιστος. The superla...
Matthew 22:36 Consider the law of love as a natural force of humanity. It will help us to understand this principle if we first distinguish it from some other principles of our nature. I. It is to be...
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...
WHICH IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW? The teachers of the Law had divided into factions over which commandment was the most important. They had "expanded" the Law into 613 separate laws. So th...
_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...
Hosea 8:12; Luke 11:42; Mark 12:28; Matthew 15:6; Matthew 23:23;...
Which is the great commandment [π ο ι α ε ν τ ο λ η μ ε γ α λ η]. The A. V. and Rev. alike miss the point of this question, which is : which kind of command is great in the law ? That is, what kind of...