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...
UNDERSTANDING. intelligence. Greek. _sunesis. a_ putting together. Not the same word as in Mark 12:30, which is _dianoia_. mind, the thinking faculty. MORE, &c. Compare 1 Samuel 15:22....
_burnt offerings and sacrifices_ The Scribe gathers up in his reply some of the great utterances of the Prophets, which prove the superiority of love to God and man over all mere ceremonial observance...
28–34. THE SCRIBE’S QUESTION ABOUT THE GREAT COMMANDMENT Matthew 22:34-40. Cf. Luke 10:25-28; Luke 20:39...
33. [2811][2812][2813][2814][2815] omit καἰ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς (from Mark 12:30). [2811] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai....
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...
DISCOURSE: 1451 EXCELLENCE OF THE MORAL LAW Mark 12:32. And the Scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God, and there is none other but he: and to love him with...
IS MORE THAN ALL WHOLE BURNT-OFFERINGS— That is, "is more acceptable to God, and important to mankind." See Hosea 6:6....
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...
_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...
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and...
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...
12:33 intelligence, (a-13) The word is different from that translated 'understanding' in v. 30....
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT (Matthew 22:34). See on Mt....
VARIOUS INCIDENTS AND DISCOURSES IN THE TEMPLE 1-12. The wicked husbandmen (Matthew 21:33; Luke 20:9). 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...
[112]Septuagint....
_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...
Venerable Bede gathers from this answer of the Scribes, that it had been long disputed among the Scribes and Pharisees, which was the greatest commandment in the law; some preferring the acts of faith...
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...
33._Is better than all burnt-offerings and sacrifices. _But it appears to be incongruous that _sacrifices, _which are a part of divine worship, and belong to the first table of the Law, should be reck...
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 TO LOVE HIM WITH ALL THE HEART,.... That is, the one God, with a sincere hearty love and affection; AND WITH ALL THE UNDERSTANDING; of his being, perfections, and works, which will serve to draw...
_The scribe_ Who had proposed the question to try him, being struck with the solidity and spirit of his answer, _said, Well, Master_ In the original it is, καλως, _excellently, finely_, or _beautifull...
IS MORE; more valuable then all merely external observances....
AND TO LOVE HIM WITH ALL THE HEART, AND WITH ALL THE UNDERSTANDING, AND WITH ALL THE SOUL, AND WITH ALL THE STRENGTH, AND TO LOVE HIS NEIGHBOR AS HIMSELF, IS MORE THAN ALL WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND SA...
The Pharisee is convinced:...
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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The Second Epistle of Pope Callistus My brethren, shun not only the holding, but even the hearing, of the judgment that bans mercy; for better is mercy than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices....
Mark 12:33 And G2532 love G25 (G5721) Him G846 with G1537 all G3650 heart G2588 G2532 with...
Mark 12:28-34. THIRD ASSAULT. See notes on Matthew 22:34-40. Luke (Luke 20:39) merely hints at this....
Mark 12:33. WITH ALL THE UNDERSTANDING. The scribe substitutes ‘understanding' for ‘mind,' which seems to express the same thought less abstractly. Mark preserves the answer in full. IS MUCH MORE TH...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Samuel 15:22; Amos 5:21; Hosea 6:6; Isaiah 1:
Understanding [σ υ ν ε σ ε ω ς]. A different word from that in verse 30. From sunihmi, to send or bring together. Hence sunesiv is a union or bringing together of the mind with an object, and so used...
To love him with all the heart — To love and serve him, with all the united powers of the soul in their utmost vigour; and to love his neighbour as himself — To maintain the same equitable and charita...