Mark 12:29 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 12:29

Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:

KJV

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

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Commentary

2 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

Against the Heathen 6.4 (373)

Since God is one, it is ridiculous to suppose that there could be still another "Lord" of heaven and earth in addition to the Lord who is one. There is simply no room for a second Lord of all, if the one true God fills all things in the compass of heaven and earth.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Jesus answered him, the first of all the commandments is,.... Christ replied at once, without taking any time to consider of it, that the chief and principal of all the commands of the law, and what is of the greatest importance is, hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. The Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions read, "one God"; but the Syriac, and Ethiopic render it, "one Lord"; and that rightly, agreeably to the Greek text, and to Deu 6:4, from whence this is taken.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those that sincerely desire to be instructed concerning their duty, Christ will guide in judgment, and teach his way. That the great commandment of all, which is indeed inclusive of all, is, that of loving God with all our hearts. (1.) Where there is a commanding principle in the soul, there is a disposition to every other duty.

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

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀπεκρίθη	apekrithē	Answered	G611 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
ὅτι	hoti	The	G3754 →
πρώτη	prōtē	first	G4413 →
ἐστίν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἄκουε	akoue	do listen	G191 →
Ἰσραήλ,	Israēl	O Israel:	G2474 →
κύριος	kurios	[The] Lord	G2962 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
κύριος	kurios	[the] Lord	G2962 →
εἷς	heis	One	G1520 →
ἐστιν·	estin	is;	G1510 →

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
Luke 10:27
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
leads to
- Mark 12:30–31
  Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
- Matthew 22:37–40
  Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
- Deuteronomy 6:5
  And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
- Romans 13:9
  The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Leviticus 19:18
  Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Through
Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
leads to
- Mark 12:29–32
  Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
- 1 Timothy 2:5
  For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 44:6
  Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.