Mark 12:28-31 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 12:28-34

The scribes and Pharisees were (however bad otherwise) enemies to the Sadducees; now one would have expected that, when they heard Christ argue so well against the Sadducees, they would have countenanced him, as they did Paul when he appeared against the Sadducees (Acts 23:9); but it had not the effect: because he did not fall in with them in the ceremonials of religion, he agreeing with them in the essentials, gained him no manner of respect with them. Only we have here an account of one of... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 12:28-34

12:28-34 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 answered, "'The Lord thy God is one Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and your whole soul, and your whole mind, and your whole strength.' This is the second, 'You must love your neighbour as yourself.' There is no other commandment which is greater than these."... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:28

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 Christ and the Sadducees, which he diligently attended to: and perceiving that he had answered them well : in a most beautiful manner. The Jews have adopted the very Greek word here used, and make use of it in the same sense as אמר ליה קאלום F14 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 108. 1.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:29

Jesus answered him, the first of all the commandments is ,.... Christ replied at once, without taking any time to consider of it, that the chief and principal of all the commands of the law, and what is of the greatest importance is, hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord . The Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions read, "one God"; but the Syriac, and Ethiopic render it, "one Lord"; and that rightly, agreeably to the Greek text, and to Deuteronomy 6:4 , from whence this is taken.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:30

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God ,.... Which is to be understood of the one God, Father, Son, and Spirit; for all the three divine persons are to be equally loved, being possessed of the same perfections and excellencies, and having done the same works, and having bestowed like benefits and favours upon men: and though there is now no principle of love to God in men; but, on the contrary, men are enemies to God in their minds, which appears by their wicked works; yet this commandment is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:31

And the second is like ,.... "Unto it", as in Matthew 22:39 and so it is read here in two ancient copies of Beza's, and in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions; namely this, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself . This commandment stands in Leviticus 19:18 and respects not an Israelite only, or one of the same religion with a man's self, or his intimate friend and acquaintance, or one that lives in the same neighbourhood; but any man whatever, to whom... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:30

Thou shalt love the Lord - On the nature and properties of the love of God and man, and the way in which this commandment is fulfilled, see the notes on Matthew 22:37 , etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28

St. Matthew ( Matthew 22:34 ) says here that the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together, and that then one of them, who was a lawyer ( νομίνος ), that is, "a scribe," asked him this question, What commandment is the first of all? It appears here from St. Mark that this scribe had been present at the discussion with the Sadducees, and he had probably informed the others of what had taken place, and of the wisdom and power of our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28

The great command. One more question ere it could be said, "No man after that durst ask him any question." Alas! on the human side it, like the others, is a mere quibble, or based on one. But though man asks in his folly Jesus never answers according to it, but always according to his supreme wisdom, in a manner so high, so far-reaching, so seriously. He trifled not with the perplexities of men. He knew nations and tribes of men would feed on his words to the end of time, and he gladly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28-34

The great commandments. This passage of the Gospel affords common ground, upon which those who lay the greatest stress upon Christian doctrine may meet with conciliation and harmony those who are wont to insist most upon Christian morality. Here is a statement, upon the highest authority, as to what God requires of man, as to what man owes to God and to his fellow-men. "Do this, and thou shalt live!" It is a sublime view of the great purposes of our spiritual being. Beyond this religion... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 12:28-34

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 12:28-34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28-34

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