Mark 12:28 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 12:28

Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

2 voices

Tertullian

An Answer to the Jews (220)

For in this law given to Adam we recognise in embryo all the precepts which afterwards sprouted forth when given through Moses; that is, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart and out of thy whole soul; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; Thou shalt not kill; Thou shall not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; False witness thou shall not utter; Honour thy father and mother; and, That which is another's, shall thou not covet.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And one of the Scribes came,.... Matthew calls him a lawyer, Mat 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.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Which is the first commandment? - The principal, and most necessary to be observed. The Lord our God is one Lord - This is the foundation of the first commandment, yea, of all the commandments.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

"Which is that command which we ought to have in a special manner an eye to, and our obedience to which will lay a foundation for our obedience to all the rest?" Not that any commandment of God is little (they are all the commands of a great God), but some are greater than others, moral precepts than rituals, and of some we may say, They are the greatest of all.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

These verses contain a conversation between our Lord Jesus Christ and "one of the Scribes." For the third time in one day we see our Lord tried by a hard question. Having put to silence the Pharisees and Sadducees, He is asked to decide a point on which much difference of opinion prevailed among the Jews — "Which is the first commandment of all?" We have reason to bless God that so many hard questions were propounded to our Lord. Without them the marvelous words of wisdom which His three answers contain, might never have been spoken at all.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
προσελθὼν	proselthōn	having come up	G4334 →
εἷς	heis	one	G1520 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
γραμματέων,	grammateōn	scribes,	G1122 →
ἀκούσας	akousas	having heard	G191 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	when they	G846 →
συζητούντων,	suzētountōn	are reasoning together,	G4802 →
ἰδὼν	idōn	seeing	G1492 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
καλῶς	kalōs	well	G2573 →
ἀπεκρίθη	apekrithē	He answered	G611 →
αὐτοῖς,	autois	them	G846 →
ἐπηρώτησεν	epērōtēsen	he questioned	G1905 →
αὐτόν·	auton	Him;	G846 →
ποία	poia	Which	G4169 →
ἐστὶν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἐντολὴ	entolē	commandment	G1785 →
πρώτη	prōtē	[the] first	G4413 →
πάντων;	pantōn	of all	G3956 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 5:19
So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be…
leads to
- James 2:10–11
  Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 12:32
  See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- Romans 13:8–10
  Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
- Matthew 28:20
  and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Matthew 11:11
  Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Through
Matthew 19:18
“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:16–21
  Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the…
- Luke 18:20
  You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
- Exodus 20:12–17
  Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.