Mark 12:29-30

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28-31

‘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-Obadiah : We have in these words a master instance of interpretation and fulfilment. Our Lord borrows, and there is stress on the fact that He borrows, from the Old Scriptures, for He is come not to destroy but to fulfil. I. The command, though old, is still new: new by new proportion and emphasis, and by disentanglement from much else that... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:29-31

THE LINK BETWEEN THE TWO COMMANDMENTS‘The first of all the commandments is … And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.’ Mark 12:29-Obadiah : Let us think together of three bonds of likeness between the first and the second commandment. The second commandment is like unto the first. I. Both are laid upon us all by the same authority, with the same emphatic necessity.—Just as we are all bound by the first commandment, so are we all, without exception, bound... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:30

THE DISCIPLINE OF THE SOUL‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all … thy soul.’ Mark 12:30 Let me speak of the discipline of the soul as tending to perfection here, and also as an indispensable condition of the higher energies of the spirit. I. The soul contains the affections, passions, desires of the man, under the rule of the will and conscience. It is to a great extent what in popular language we often speak of as the heart. It is an organ of vast power. The soul is the form which... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:1-44

Jesus Begins His Final Journey to Jerusalem On The Road To The Cross and Spends Much Time in Teaching His Disciples And Disputing With His Enemies In Readiness For That Event, For He Is Giving His Life As A Ransom For Many (9:33-12:44). Having returned to Capernaum Jesus now has His face set towards Jerusalem, and in Mark 9:33-50 He will lay the foundation by pointing out the fact that all must look to and respond to His Name, and the dangers inherent in not doing so. Then He will advance into... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:13-44

Jesus Deals With The Final Challenges With Which The Jews Seek To Entrap Him (12:13-44). In this last part of Section 4 Jesus is faced with attempts to entrap and discredit Him. They come from various sources, the Pharisees and Herodians, the Sadducees, and a Scribe. In each case He emerges having confounded His adversaries. The picture is of Jesus against the establishment, because the establishment have all gone astray. Analysis. a The question of payment of tribute, and the need to give... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:28-34

The Approving Pharisee and The Law of Love (12:28-34). The idea that God is the living God now leads on to an incident which demonstrates that at least one Rabbi was prepared to give genuine credit to Jesus and even to learn from Him. It showed that not all Rabbis were necessarily in the same mould (compare Acts 5:34 on). Matthew suggests that he was sent by a group of Pharisees who had come together to see if they could do better than the Sadducees (Matthew 22:34). He would not be the first... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:29-31

‘Jesus answered, “The first is, hear Oh Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is, You shall love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.” ’ Jesus answered willingly by turning men’s eyes back on God, and to the Scriptures. While He saw the whole Law of God as the word of God (Mark 7:13) He was not hidebound... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:28-34

Mark 12:28-Nahum : . 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 no real doubt as to the greater commandment. The Shema ( Deuteronomy 6:4 f.) was repeated daily by the Jews. It was the foundation-text of their monotheism, which was “ not a speculative theory but a practical conviction” (pp. 618f.). Jesus adds to it Leviticus 19:18. Love... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 12:28-34

See the notes on "Matthew 22:35", and following verses to Matthew 22:40, where whatsoever Mark here hath is opened. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 12:28-34

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 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 sacrificial rites—or what?Mark 12:30. Note the prep. ἐξ, before “heart,” “soul,” “mind,” “strength.” The whole of man’s complex being is to go out in love to God. “The measure of our love to God is to love Him without measure.”Mark 12:32. Finely (answered)! Teacher, Thou hast spoken from (the standpoint... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28-31

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:29-31

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:30

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:1-44

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:13-44

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:28-34

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:29-31

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:28-34

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 12:28-34

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 12:28-34

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