Mark 12:26-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

The resurrection from the dead. A new class of antagonists now assail the great "Master" with a case of casuistry, designed evidently to bring the doctrine of the resurrection into contempt. "In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them?" Was this one of the flimsy, difficulties on which they relied for a defense of their position, as so often men screen their scepticism behind a mere veil of difficulty? And did they depend in any real degree upon an imaginary inconsistency to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

Sadducean error. I. DIFFICULTIES OF RELIEF ARE OFTEN IDLE LUXURIES OF THE MIND . One cannot suppose that these men were really troubled by such a question as they raised. It was sheer idleness, bred of useless school life. And so with many theoretical questions pretended to be of serious importance: pressing into what is inaccessible and kept in reserve by God. They are "solved by walking." Act—act rightly here and now, and the question will solve itself, or cease to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

Parallel passages: Matthew 22:23-33 ; Luke 20:27-40 .— Question of the Sadducees touching the resurrection. I. IMPORTANCE OF THE QUESTION . Though the question propounded in this section was proposed for a captious purpose, and in order to entangle, yet, divested of its technicalities, it is a most important one. There is no subject more closely connected with the immortal hopes of man than that to which the above section refers. The doctrine of the resurrection is implied,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:26

St. Mark is here careful to state that what St. Matthew describes as "the word spoken by God" was to be found in the book of Moses ( Exodus 3:5 ), in the place concerning the Bush ( ἐπὶ τῆς βάτου ), as it is correctly rendered in the Revised Version. Our Lord might have brought yet clearer proofs out of Job, Daniel, Ezekiel, etc.; but in his wisdom he preferred to allege this out of Moses and the Pentateuch, because, whatever the views of the Sadducees may have been as to other... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:27

Ye therefore do greatly err . The Greek is, omitting the οὖν , simply ὑμεῖς πολὺ πλανᾶσθε , Ye greatly err. The omission is more consistent with St. Mark's usual style. The Sadducees entirely misunderstood the meaning of their own Scriptures. 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28-34

The Law akin to the gospel, but inferior to it. I. True RELIGIOUS INQUIRY IS ENCOURAGED BY CANDOUR AND SPIRITUAL INSIGHT ON THE PART OF RELIGIOUS TEACHERS . Matthew tells us that the Pharisees came together top the same place." when they saw the disscomfiture of the Sadducees; and "then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying." Mark introduces him as one of the scribes. In the one Gospel the motive and encouragement are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28-34

The essence of religion. I. THE LEADING IDEA FOR THE INTELLIGENCE . The unity of God, his personality, his supreme lovableness. "All love is lost save upon God alone." II. The leading maxim for the will. To love one's neighbor as one's self. Kant said, trying to translate the gospel into his own dialect, "Act so that the maxim of thy will may be the principle of an universal legislation." III. The moral surpasses the ritual in religion. Surpasses it by including it with... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28-34

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