Mark 12:31

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

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 12:30-31

Mark 12:30-31 The True Application of Christian Doctrines. I. Jesus came, first, to teach men of God. Without this knowledge man can never understand himself, either as to his nature, his duties, or his possibilities. Jesus taught men, (1) that God is Spirit, (2) that man is spirit also, (3) that between us and God is the relationship of child to parent, for He revealed unto human kind the Fatherhood of Deity. II. Jesus gave great instruction touching the destiny of man. The doctrine of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 12:31

DISCOURSE: 1450LOVE TO OUR NEIGHBOURMark 12:31. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.A QUESTION had been put to our Lord, What was the first and great commandment? To this he had answered, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.” But, lest the Scribe should overlook his duties towards his neighbour, and plead perhaps the answer of Jesus as sanctioning such conduct, our Lord reminded him that there was... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 12:1-44

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 into Jerusalem on the donkey. Monday He came in and cleansed the temple. Now Tuesday He returns to the temple with His disciples, where immediately He is challenged by the religious leaders concerning the authority by which He has done these things.And he began to speak unto them by parables. [And... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 12:1-44

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 80:0. and Isaiah 5:0. Mark 12:2 . He sent to the husbandmen a servant. Matthew has the plural, servants. The harmony is, that the steward had servants with him. Those innocent variations tend to strengthen the gospel history: the evangelists did not write in concert. Mark 12:6 . Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved. ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 12:31

Mark 12:31Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. The second great commandment, love to our neighbourI. I shall make a few observations concerning the nature of this duty. This phraseology has been very differently understood by different persons. Some have supposed it to contain a direction that we should love our neighbour with the same kind of love, which is exercised towards ourselves. This plainly cannot be its meaning. The love which we usually and naturally exercise towards ourselves... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 12:31

31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Ver. 31. See Trapp on " Mat 22:39 " read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Mark 12:31

Thou: Leviticus 19:13, Matthew 7:12, Matthew 19:18, Matthew 19:19, Matthew 22:39, Luke 10:27, Luke 10:36, Luke 10:37, Romans 13:8, Romans 13:9, 1 Corinthians 13:4-Ruth :, Galatians 5:14, James 2:8-1 Chronicles :, 1 John 3:17-Psalms :, 1 John 4:7, 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:21 Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:18 - thou shalt Matthew 5:43 - Thou read more

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