Matthew 22:35
and one of them, an expounder of the Law, asked Him as a test question,
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
In Context
34Now the Pharisees came up when they heard that He had silenced the Sadducees,
36"Teacher, which is the greatest Commandment in the Law?"
Cross References
Mark 10:2Presently a party of Pharisees come to Him with the question--seeking to entrap Him, "May a man divorce his wife?"
Luke 10:25Then an expounder of the Law stood up to test Him with a question. "Rabbi," he asked, "what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?"
Luke 11:52"Alas for you expounders of the Law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you yourselves have not entered, and those who wanted to enter you have hindered."
Titus 3:13Help Zenas the lawyer forward on his journey with special care, and Apollos, so that they may have all they require.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 22:35-41
The Substance of the Commandments. 34 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 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as… Read the whole commentary →