Matthew 22:35-38

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:36

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” His question was simply as to which was the greatest and most important commandment in the whole of the Law. Some of the Scribes and Pharisees did in fact class certain laws as being of greater and higher importance than other laws, and there was much debate about them about the importance of each and especially about which was the most important of all. Thus they attempted to differentiate the importance of different commandments,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:37

‘And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Jesus went right to the heart of the matter, citing Deuteronomy 6:5. This could hardly fail to meet with their approval for it was in fact a verse which was central to Jewish worship, and repeated by every good Jew each day. It was considered so important that it was carried around in the phylacteries worn by Pharisees on their heads and arms and fixed to their doors in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:38

“This is the great and first commandment.” Then Jesus emphasised the centrality of this commandment. This, He said, is the great commandment, and comes before all others. All else pales beside it. For if we truly love God then our behaviour will be God-like and all else will fall into place. It is also the first because it must come before all others in importance. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:34-40

Matthew 22:34-: . The Greatest Commandment ( Mark 12:28-Nahum : *, Luke 10:25-Hosea :).— Mt. puts the questioner, whom he calls a Pharisee, in much less favourable light than Mk. He “ tempts” Jesus— to what is not clear (Lk.’ s ekpeirazô n, “ testing,” is better)— and he omits the pleasing outcome of Jesus’ answer recorded in Mark 12:32 f. Mt. is leading up to the attack on the Pharisees in ch. 23. The lawyer’ s question is really, “ What kind of commandment is great in the law?” He is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 22:34-40

Mark relates this history more fully, Mark 12:28-31. And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 22:34-40

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 22:35. A lawyer.—The precise distinction between the “lawyer” and the other scribes rested, probably, on technicalities that have left little or no trace behind them. The word suggests the thought of a section of the scribes who confined their attention to the law, while the others included in their studies the writings of the prophets or the traditions of the elders also (Plumptre). Tempting Him.—We are not to impute the same sinister motives as actuated those who sent... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:36

Matthew 22:36 Consider the law of love as a natural force of humanity. It will help us to understand this principle if we first distinguish it from some other principles of our nature. I. It is to be distinguished from the principle of will, and in some regards is indeed to be opposed to it. The human life and the law of human life must give us personality in man, but also a being of God. The law must give us distinction, without the isolation in which human life is impossible. And the law must... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:37

Matthew 22:37 The Mind's Love for God. I. Is it not manifestly true that besides the love of the senses, and the love of the heart, and the love of the soul, and the love of the strength, there is also a love of the mind, without whose entrance into the completeness of the loving man's relation to the object of his love his love is not complete? Is your greatest friend contented with your love before you have come to love him with all your mind? Everywhere we find our assurances that the mind... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:37-38

Matthew 22:37-38 There are two reasons why men do not love God. For one of them there are great excuses; for the other there is no excuse whatsoever. I. In the first place, too many find it difficult to love God, because they have not been taught that God is lovable, and worthy of their love. They have been taught dark and hard doctrines, which have made them afraid of God. They have been taught too many are taught still not merely that God will punish the wicked, but that God will punish... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Matthew 22:35

lawyer (Greek - νομικός ," "of the law"; occurs also Luke 7:30; Luke 10:25; Luke 11:45; Luke 11:46; Luke 11:52; Luke 14:3; Titus 3:13. Except in the last instance, "lawyer" is another name for "scribe." (See Scofield "Titus 3:13- :") . In Titus 3:13 the term has the modern meaning. read more

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