マタイの福音書 22:36-37 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:34-46

The Pharisees. I. THE QUESTION OF THE LAWYER . 1 . The gathering of the Pharisees. The multitude were astonished at the wisdom, the deep and holy teaching, of the blessed Lord. He had answered the pretended difficulties of the Sadducees, and had proved the great doctrine of the resurrection from the very books which they prized most highly. The Pharisees heard that he had put their adversaries to silence. They came together. Their feelings, doubtless, were various: many of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:36

Which is the great commandment in the Law? ποι ì α ἐντολη Ì μεγα ì λη ἐν τῷ νο ì μῳ ; What sort of commandment is great in the Law? According to rabbinical teaching, there were more than six hundred precepts in the Law; of this considerable number all could not be observed. Which were of absolute obligation? which were not? The schools made a distinction between heavy and light commandments, as though some were of less importance than others, and might be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:37

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God; κυ ì ριον το Ì ν Θεο ì ν σου . Christ enunciates the two great moral precepts of God's Law, not, indeed, stated in these words in the Decalogue, but implied throughout, and forming the basis of true religion. Heart … soul … mind. The Septuagint has "mind, soul, strength." The expressions mean generally that God is to be loved with all our powers and faculties, and that nothing is to be preferred to him. It is difficult to define with... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 22:34-40

Jesus converses with a Pharisee respecting the law - See also Mark 12:28-34.Matthew 22:34The Pharisees ... were gathered together - That is, either to rejoice that their great rivals, the Sadducees, had been so completely silenced, or to lay a new plan for ensnaring him, or perhaps both. They would rejoice that the Sadducees had been confounded, but they would not be the less desirous to involve Jesus in difficulty. They therefore endeavored, probably, to find the most difficult question in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:34-36

Matthew 22:34-36. 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 make any reply; they were gathered together It is not said with what design: but it is probable from Matthew 22:15-16, with a malicious one, namely, to try, though the Sadducees had been baffled in their attempt upon him, as they themselves had also been, when they united with... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:37-40

Matthew 22:37-40. Jesus said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart Concerning this first and great commandment, and the words wherewith Moses prefaced it, see note on Deuteronomy 6:5; and for the elucidation of this whole paragraph, see the notes on Mark 12:28-34, where the conversation which our Lord had with this scribe is related more at large. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets That is, they contain the substance or abridgment of all the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:34-40

127. The greatest commandment (Matthew 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34)When a teacher of the law asked Jesus which was the greatest commandment, Jesus gave an answer that went beyond what the questioner expected. All the commandments of the law could be summarized under the word ‘love’. A person’s first responsibility is to love God; the second is to love one’s fellow human beings. The fact that people are commanded to love shows that love is primarily a matter of doing, not feeling. It is an attitude... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 22:36

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 year): 248 + 365 = 613 = the number of letters in the Decalogue. Some were great and some were small (or heavy and light). The question was as to great and small (as in Matthew 22:38 ); not the greatest and least. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 22:37

Thou shalt love, &c. Quoted from Deuteronomy 6:5 ; Deuteronomy 10:12 ; Deuteronomy 30:6 . the LORD = Jehovah. App-98 . soul. Greek. psuche. App-110 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 22:37

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments, the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.Jesus' answer is far more than a clever summary of all the commandments. It is the fundamental commandment underlying the whole economy of redemption. Above everything else, God desires and... read more