Mǎkĕfúyīn 12:28

28 Yǒu yī ge Wénshì lái , tīngjian tāmen biànlùn , xiǎodé Yēsū huídá de hǎo , jiù wèn tā shuō , jièméng zhōng nà shì dì yī yàojǐn de ne

Mǎkĕfúyīn 12:28 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 12:28

And one of the Scribes came
Matthew calls him a lawyer, ( Matthew 22:35 ) , an interpreter of the law, as a Scribe was:

and having heard them reasoning together;
being present at the dispute between Christ and the Sadducees, which he diligently attended to:

and perceiving that he had answered them well:
in a most beautiful manner. The Jews have adopted the very Greek word here used, and make use of it in the same sense as (Mwlaq hyl rma) ^F14, "he answered him well": or, as the gloss upon it, "praise worthily"; in a manner deserving praise; and is the same with (trmaq rypv) ^F15, "thou hast said well", or beautifully; and so the answer here was with great solidity, and judgment, and strength of argument, to their utter confusion and silence; whereby he understood he had considerable knowledge in the law, and yet was willing to try if he could not puzzle him with a question relating to it:

asked him, which is the first commandment of all?
of all the commandments in the law, moral and ceremonial.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 108. 1.
F15 Zohar in Lev. fol. 2. 3. & 15. 1.

Mǎkĕfúyīn 12:28 In-Context

26 Lùn dào sǐ rén fùhuó , nǐmen méiyǒu niàn guo Móxī de shū , jīngjí piān shang suǒ zǎi de ma shén duì Móxī shuō , wǒ shì Yàbólāhǎn de shén , Yǐsā de shén , Yǎgè de shén .

27 Shén bú shì sǐ rén de shén , nǎi shì huó rén de shén . nǐmen shì dà cuò le .

28 Yǒu yī ge Wénshì lái , tīngjian tāmen biànlùn , xiǎodé Yēsū huídá de hǎo , jiù wèn tā shuō , jièméng zhōng nà shì dì yī yàojǐn de ne

29 Yēsū huídá shuō , dì yī yàojǐn de , jiù shì shuō , Yǐsèliè a , nǐ yào tīng . zhǔ wǒmen shén , shì dú yī de zhǔ .

30 Nǐ yào jìnxīn , jìn xìng , jìn yì , jìnlì , aì zhǔ nǐde shén .