Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Matthew 22:35
A lawyer] i.e. a scribe, or rabbi.
Tempting him] i.e. proving Him, testing His penetration and knowledge of the Law by a hard question.
A lawyer] i.e. a scribe, or rabbi.
Tempting him] i.e. proving Him, testing His penetration and knowledge of the Law by a hard question.
MATTHEW 22:35 @nomiko,j# {C} Despite what seems to be an overwhelming preponderance of evidence supporting the word nomiko,j, its absence from family 1 as well as from widely scattered versional and...
Verse 35. _A LAWYER_] νομικος, _a teacher of the law_. What is called _lawyer_, in the common translation, conveys a wrong idea to most readers: my old MS. renders the word in the same way I have don...
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,...
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...
JOY AND JUDGMENT (Matthew 22:1-10)...
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...
_one of them, which was a lawyer]_i. e. an interpreter of the written law, as distinguished from the "traditions" or unwritten law....
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...
Omit καὶ λέγων before διδάσκαλε with אBL, versions, and patristic evidence. 35. ΕἿΣ ἘΞ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν ΝΟΜΙΚΌΣ, i.e. an interpreter of the written law, as distinguished from the ‘traditions’ or unwritten law...
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...
ΈΠΗΡΏΤΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 22:23. ΝΟΜΙΚΌΣ (G3544) законник, специалист по закону; человек, который хорошо знает закон Моисея; то есть книжник, относящийся к партии фарисеев (Hill; TDNT;...
THEN—A LAWYER ASKED, &C.— A _scribe,_ or public teacher. See Luke 11:44. _Tempting_ or _trying him,_ here, does not mean that he did this with an insidious design; and indeed St. Mark's account, Mark...
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...
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...
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 suggests the thought of a sec...
6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν one of the men who met together to consult, after witnessing the discomfiture of the scribes, acting in concert with them, and hoping to do better. νομικὸς : here only in Mt., several tim...
_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...
Then (o) one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying, (o) A scribe, so it says in (Mark 12:28). To understand what a scribe is, See Matthew 2:4...
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...
THEN ONE OF THEM, WHICH WAS A LAWYER,.... Or that was "learned", or "skilful in the law", as the Syriac and Persic versions, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel read. The Ethiopic version calls him, "a Scribe...
Then one of them, _which was_ a lawyer, asked _him a question_, tempting him, and saying, Ver. 35. _Then one of them which was a lawyer_] Pareus gathereth out of Mark, Mark 12:28, that this lawyer wa...
_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...
A LAWYER; an expounder and teacher of the divine law....
THE SILENCING OF THE PHARISEES. Information asked and given:...
THEN ONE OF THEM, WHICH WAS A LAWYER, ASKED HIM A QUESTION, TEMPTING HIM, AND SAYING,...
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"....
Matthew 22:35 Then G2532 one G1520 of G1537 them G846 lawyer G3544 asked G1905 (G5656) testing G3985 ...
‘And one of them, a teacher of the law, asked him a question, testing him out.' This time there would be no pretence that the question came from innocent seekers. Rather they wanted to bring out thei...
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...
Matthew 22:35. THEN ONE OF THEM, A LAWYER, an expounder of the law, ‘one of the scribes' (Mark). Luke 10:25-37 refers to another though similar occurrence. TEMPTING HIM. The statements of Mark (Mark...
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...
LAWYER (Greek, "nomikos", "of the law"); occurs also (Luke 7:30); (Luke 10:25); (Luke 11:45); (Luke 11:46); ...
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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 22:35 A LAWYER is an expert in the law; it is another term for “scribes of the Pharisees” (Mark 2:16; see...
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...
Luke 10:25; Luke 11:45; Luke 11:46; Luke 11:52; Luke 14:3;...
A scribe asking him a question, trying him — Not, as it seems, with any ill design: but barely to make a farther trial of that wisdom, which he had shown in silencing the Sadducees....