Matthew 22:37 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 22:34-40

Here is a discourse which Christ had with a Pharisee-lawyer, about the great commandment of the law. Observe, I. The combination of the Pharisees against Christ, Matt. 22:34. They heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, had stopped their mouths, though their understandings were not opened; and they were gathered together, not to return him the thanks of their party, as they ought to have done, for his effectually asserting and confirming of the truth against the Sadducees, the common... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 22:34-40

22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. One of them, who was an expert in the Law, asked him a question as a test: "What commandment in the Law is greatest?" He said to him, "'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and your whole soul, and your whole mind.' This is the great and the chief commandment; and the second is like it, 'You must love your neighbour as yourself.' On these two commandments the whole Law and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:37

Jesus said unto him ,.... Directly, without taking time to think of it; and though he knew with what design it was put to him, yet, as an answer to it might be useful and instructive to the people, as well as silence and confound his adversaries, he thought fit to give one; and is as follows, being what is expressed in Deuteronomy 6:5 . thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind ; that is, with all the powers and faculties of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:37

Thou shalt love the Lord - This is a subject of the greatest importance, and should be well understood, as our Lord shows that the whole of true religion is comprised in thus loving God and our neighbor. It may not be unnecessary to inquire into the literal meaning of the word love. Αγαπη , from αγαπαω , I love, is supposed to be compounded either of αγαν and ποιειν , to act vehemently or intensely; or, from αγειν κατα παν , because love is always active, and will act in every... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:37

Verse 37 Matthew 22:37.Thou shalt love the Lord thou God. According to Mark, the preface is inserted, that Jehovah alone is the God of Israel; by which words God supports the authority of his law in two ways. For, first, it ought to be a powerful excitement to the worship of God, when we are fully convinced that we worship the actual Creator of heaven and earth, because indifference is naturally produced by doubt; and, secondly, because it is a pleasing inducement to love him, when he freely... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:34-40

Fourth attack: The Pharisees ' question concerning the great, commandment. ( Mark 12:28-34 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:34-40

The two commandments. Originality of mind may be as much apparent in a wise selection from what is old as in the creation of what is new. Some of the most striking teaching of our Lord is of this character. Jesus Christ did not repudiate the Old Testament, nor did he despise its truths because his own went further, but he pointed out what was most important in the ancient revelation, and rescued this from the oblivion into which it had fallen with many people in their scrupulous attention to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:34-40

The greater commandments. The Jews made many distinctions about the commandments of God, calling some "light," others "weighty," others "little," others "great." According to their estimating, therefore, some commandment must be "greatest." Some of them contended that the law of the sabbath was the greater commandment, some the law of sacrifice, some that of circumcision, and some pleaded for the wearing of phylacteries. They now referred the resolution of this vexed question to Jesus, who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 22:37

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 22:34-40

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 22:34-40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:37

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:37

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:37

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:34-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:34-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:34-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:34-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:37

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