Matthew 22:35 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, ”

Matthew 22:35 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jesus converses with a Pharisee respecting the law - See also Mark 12:28-34 . Matthew 22:34 The Pharisees ... were gathered together - That is, either to rejoice that their great rivals,...
Matthew 22:35 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then (o) one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying, (o) A scribe, so it says in ( Mark 12:28 ). To understand what a scribe is, See Matthew 2:4
Matthew 22:35 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Greatest Commandment ( Mark 12:28-34 *, Luke 10:25-28 ). 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...
Matthew 22:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question , tempting him, and saying, A lawyer - Νομικος, a teacher of the law. What is called lawyer, in the common translation, conveys a wrong i...
Matthew 22:35 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then—a lawyer asked, &c.— A scribe, or public teacher. See Luke 11:44 . Tempting or trying him, here, does not mean that he did this with an insidious design; and indeed St. Mark's accou...
Matthew 22:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 12:13-34 .
Matthew 22:35 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Parables of the Marriage of the King's Son and the Wedding Garment 1-14. Marriage of the King's Son (peculiar to St. Matthew). Jesus concludes His discourse by reiterating in still clearer and str...
Matthew 22:35 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 22:35 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

6; Matthew 22:1-46 ; Matthew 23:1-39 Chapter 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18-46 - Matthew 22:1-46 - Matthew 23:1-39 IT had been written that the Lord should suddenly come to...
Matthew 22:35 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Summary of the Law Matthew 22:34-46 Our Lord seemed to say: “Here is all Scripture in a nutshell; the whole range of human duty in a portable pocket form.” We are reminded of Ecclesiastes...
Matthew 22:35 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first two parables contained the history of the Hebrew nation up to the slaying of the Son. This one is prophetic. It presents the sin of this people in the light of the day of grace. The King se...
Matthew 22:35 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. (35) Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, (36...
Matthew 22:35 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then one of them, which was a lawyer ,.... Or that was "learned", or "skilful in the law", as the Syriac and Persic versions, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel read. The Ethiopic version calls him, "a Scr...
Matthew 22:35 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question , tempting him, and saying, Ver. 35. Then one of them which was a lawyer ] Pareus gathereth out of Mark, Mark 12:28 , that this lawy...
Matthew 22:35 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence Gr. οτι εφιμοσε, that he had stopped their mouths , or so confuted that he had confounded them, and rendered them unable to ma...
Matthew 22:35 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The parable of Chapter 21 has shown Israel as under law, responsible to return to God some results of the blessing with which He had entrusted them. Under responsibility they had not only failed, but...
Matthew 22:35 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Substance of the Commandments. 34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered...
Matthew 22:35 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 22:40 " .
Matthew 22:35 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Question As To What Is The Greatest Commandment (22:34-40). Jesus' success over the Sadducees was seen as sufficiently impressive to cause rumours concerning it to spread around which came to...
Matthew 22:35 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 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. Th...
Matthew 22:35 - Scofield Reference Notes

lawyer (Greek, "nomikos", "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,...
Matthew 22:35 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 22:2 . The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son. The marriage of the heir apparent, giving stability to the throne, protection to the subject, an...
Matthew 22:35 - The Biblical Illustrator

Master, which is the great commandment in the law? How may we attain to love God with all our hearts, souls, and minds I. What is it to love God with all the heart, soul, and mind? 1. What i...
Matthew 22:35 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 22:1-40 Parable of the marriage of the king ' s son. (Peculiar to St. Matthew.) Matthew 22:1 Jesus answered and spake unto them. After they had heard our Lor...
Matthew 22:35 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Silencing of the Pharisees. Information asked and given:
Matthew 22:35 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 10:25 ; Luke 11:45 ; Luke 11:46 ; Luke 11:52 ; Luke 14:3 ; Luke 7:30 ; Matthew 22:18 ; Mark 10:2 ; Titus 3:13
Matthew 22:35 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A scribe asking him a question, trying him — Not, as it seems, with any ill design: but barely to make a farther trial of that wisdom, which he had shown in silencing the Sadducees.

Matthew 22:35 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 22:35 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 22:35 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 22:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 22:35 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 22:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 22:35 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 22:35 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 22:35 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 22:35 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 22:35 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 22:35 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 22:35 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 22:35 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 22:35 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 22:35 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 22:35 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 22:35 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 22:35 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 22:35 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 22:35 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 22:35 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 22:35 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 22:35 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 22:35 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 22:35 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 22:35 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes