Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Mark 12:28
First commandment of all; the greatest and most important.
First commandment of all; the greatest and most important.
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...
CAME. came up; or came to [Him]. PERCEIVING. Greek. _oida_. App-132. WELL. admirably, finely. ASKED. questioned. WHICH. Of what nature. THE FIRST, &c.. the first of all the commandments....
The Question of the Scribe 28. _one of the scribes_ From Matthew 22:34-35, it appears that he was a Pharisee, and a Master of the Law. _Which is the first commandment of all?_ This question, on which...
ΕἸΔΏΣ ([2776]c[2777][2778][2779][2780][2781][2782]) rather than ἰδών ([2783][2784][2785][2786][2787][2776] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharin...
28–34. THE SCRIBE’S QUESTION ABOUT THE GREAT COMMANDMENT Matthew 22:34-40. Cf. Luke 10:25-28; Luke 20:39...
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...
ΠΡΟΣΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΠΡΟΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G4334) приходить. ΆΚΟΎΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) с _gen._ слышать, слушать, ΣΥΖΗΤΟΎΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΥΖΗΤΈΩ (G48...
DISCOURSE: 1449 LOVE TO GOD, THE GREAT COMMANDMENT Mark 12:28. And one of the Scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is...
_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...
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...
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? AND ONE OF THE SCRIBES, [ gr...
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...
12:28 perceiving (i-16) _ Oida_ . see 1 Corinthians 8:1 . Or 'knowing,' inward knowledge, as ver. 15....
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...
_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...
προσελθὼν, ἀκούσας, εἰδὼς : the second and third of these three participles may be viewed as the ground of the first = one of the scribes, having heard them disputing, and being conscious that He (Jes...
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...
(4) 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? (4) Sacrifices and outward...
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...
_‘THE DOUBLE COMMANDMENT_ Which is the first commandment of all?… Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.… Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.’ Mark 12:28 We have in these words a master instance o...
_A GREAT QUESTION ANSWERED_ ‘Which is the first commandment of all?’ Mark 12:28 There can be but one, which to us is the first commandment of all. Open what part of the New Testament you please, an...
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 ONE OF THE SCRIBES CAME,.... Matthew calls him a lawyer, Matthew 22:35, an interpreter of the law, as a Scribe was: AND HAVING HEARD THEM REASONING TOGETHER; being present at the dispute between...
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? Ver. 28. _Asked him, which is t...
_One of the scribes came_ So Luke also, Luke 20:19; but Matthew, εις εξ αυτων νομικος, _one of them being a lawyer._ In this diversity of words, however, there is no difference in sense. For the scrib...
The foremost commandment:...
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?...
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...
Ver. 28-34. SEE THE NOTES ON "MATTHEW 22:35", and following verses to MATTHEW 22:40, where whatsoever Mark here hath is opened....
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews all the precepts which afterwards sprouted forth when given through Moses; that is, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart and out of thy whole soul; T...
Mark 12:28 Then G2532 one G1520 scribes G1122 came G4334 (G5631) heard G191 (G5660) them G846 together...
Mark 12:28. KNOWING THAT HE HAD ANSWERED THEM WELL. This scribe no doubt rejoiced in the defeat of the Sadducees, but was also really pleased with our Lord's answers. They accorded with his intellectu...
Mark 12:28-34. THIRD ASSAULT. See notes on Matthew 22:34-40. Luke (Luke 20:39) merely hints at this....
HEARD THEM QUESTIONING TOGETHER (ακουσας αυτων συνζητουντων). The victory of Christ over the Sadducees pleased the Pharisees who now had come back with mixed emotions over the new turn of things (Ma...
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...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 12:28 LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD. See Deuteronomy 6:4; and note on Matt. 22:37–38....
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...
Luke 11:42; Matthew 19:18; Matthew 22:34; Matthew 23:23; Matthew 5:
Well [κ α λ ω ς]. Lit., beautifully, finely, admirably. What [π ο ι α]. Rather, of what nature....
Which is the first commandment? — The principal, and most necessary to be observed. Matthew 22:34; Luke 10:25....
Observe here, 1. question propounded to our blessed Saviour, and his answer thereunto. The question propounded is this, WHICH IS THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT? Our Saviour tells them, IT IS TO LOVE...