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 reference to the disputes of the Rabbins about great and small commandments, the meaning would be: ‘What kind of a commandment is great in the law?' but this sense, though literally correct, does not suit the answer so well.

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Old Testament