Matthew 22:39

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 22:37-40

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 22:39

the second, &c. Quoted from Leviticus 19:18 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 22:38-39

Matthew 22:38-39. This is the first and great commandment, &c.— From this head are to be deduced all the service, worship, and honour, which we owe and pay to our Creator and Redeemer. Of the love of God, our Saviour says, that it is the first and great commandment; and the love of our neighbour he stiles the second, like unto it. Now perhaps it may hence be inferred, that the love of God, which is the first and great commandment, is a law of superior obligation to that which is only the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 22:18-46

C. Israel’s rejection of her King 21:18-22:46This section of Matthew’s Gospel presents Israel’s formal rejection of her Messiah. Jesus had made a formal presentation of Himself to the nation’s populace and leadership in the messianic capital with His triumphal entry (Matthew 21:1-17). Jesus’ earlier rejection had taken place in rural Galilee (ch. 12). Now Matthew recorded Israel’s response. [Note: For more light on the connections that unite this pericope with the previous one, see Mark... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 22:34-40

A Pharisee’s question of Jesus 22:34-40 (cf. Mark 12:28-34) read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 22:34-46

5. Rejection by the Pharisees 22:34-46This pericope contains two parts. First, a representative of the Pharisees asked Jesus a question (Matthew 22:34-40). Then Jesus asked the Pharisees a question (Matthew 22:41-46). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 22:37-39

To answer, Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 6:5 and then Leviticus 19:18. The terms "heart," "soul," and "mind" are not completely distinct, watertight categories. They overlap somewhat and together cover the whole person. Taken together the meaning is that we should love God preeminently and unreservedly."Jesus loves God with his whole heart, for he is blameless in his fealty to God (Matthew 4:1-11). Jesus loves God with his whole soul, for he is prepared to surrender his life should God so will... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 22:39

22:39 it, (e-6) Leviticus 19:18 . read more

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