Matthew 22:41 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 22:41-46

Many questions the Pharisees had asked Christ, by which, though they thought to pose him, they did but expose themselves; but now let him ask them a question; and he will do it when they are gathered together, Matt. 22:41. He did not take some one of them apart from the rest (ne Hercules contra duos?Hercules himself may be overmatched), but, to shame them the more, he took them all together, when they were in confederacy and consulting against him, and yet puzzled them. Note, God delights to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 22:41-46

22:41-46 When the Pharisees had come together, Jesus asked them a question: "What is your opinion about The Anointed One? Whose son is he?" "David's son," they said. He said to them, "How, then, does David in the Spirit call Him Lord, when he says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand till I put your enemies beneath your feet.' If David calls Him Lord, how is he his son?" And no one was able to give him any answer. And from that day no one any longer dared to ask him a question. ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:41

While the Pharisees were gathered together ,.... Or rather, "when" they were gathered together, and while they continued so, before they left him: for this is to be understood not of their gathering together, to consult privately about him; this is expressed before in Matthew 22:34 but of their gathering together about Christ, to hear what answer he would return to the question their learned doctor would put to him: and he having given an answer to that, which the Scribe was obliged to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:41

While the Pharisees were gathered together - Jesus asks a question in his turn, utterly to confound them, and to show the people that the source of all the captious questions of his opponents was their ignorance of the prophecies relative to the Messiah. 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 22:41

Jesus asked them. He spake generally to the assembled crowd in the temple (Mark), addressing no one in particular. The questioned becomes the questioner, and this with a great purpose. He had silenced his opponents, and opened profundities in Scripture hitherto unfathomed; he would now raise them to a higher theology; he would place before them a truth concerning the nature of the Messiah, which, if they received it, would lead them to accept him. It was as it were a last hope. He and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:41-46

Christ ' s question to the Pharisees concerning the Messiah. ( Mark 12:35-37 ; Luke 20:41-44 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:41-46

The Divine Christ. The often quoted question, "What think ye of Christ?" should be, "What think ye of the Christ?" Jesus was not asking the Pharisees for an opinion about himself, the speaker addressing them, as he had asked his disciples on a previous occasion ( Matthew 16:13 ). He was referring to the Jewish expectation of the Messiah, and without now pressing his own claim to be the Messiah, he was asking what idea the Pharisees had as to this great Hope of Israel. They had been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:41-46

Wisdom's question. In teaching his interrogators to love God, Jesus proceeds to direct them to the God they ought to love. This question, "What think ye of Christ?" was put to a representative assembly—Herodians, Sadducees, scribes or Karaites, and especially Pharisees, beside his disciples and the people. By proposing this one question of moment, Jesus proves the folly of those who by malevolent questions would prove his wisdom. It showed them that ignorance of the prophecies was the source... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 22:41-46

Jesus proposes a question concerning the Messiah - See also Mark 12:35-37; Luke 20:41-44.Matthew 22:41While the Pharisees ... - Jesus, having confounded the great sects of the Jews, proceeds, in his turn, to propose to them a question for their solution.This was done, not for the purpose of vain parade and triumph, but:1.To show them how ignorant they were of their prophecies.2.To humble them in view of their ignorance.3.To bring to their attention the true doctrine respecting the Messiah - his... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 22:41-46

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 22:41-46

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:41

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:41

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:34-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:41

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:41-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:41-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:41-46

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 22:41-46

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