Mark 12:29

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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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δέ dé	G1161	but
Jesus	Ἰησοῦς Iēsous	G2424	Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name
answered	ἀπεκρίθη apekrithē	G611	to conclude for oneself · verb — aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
him	αὐτός autós	G846	the reflexive pronoun self
The first	πρώτη prōtē	G4413	foremost (in time · adjective — nominative singular feminine
of all	πασῶν pasōn	G3956	all · adjective — genitive plural feminine
the commandments	ἐντολῶν· entolōn	G1785	injunction · noun — genitive plural feminine
Hear	ἄκουε akoue	G191	to hear (in various senses) · verb — present active imperative, 2nd person singular
O Israel	Ἰσραήλ, Israēl	G2474	Israel (i.e. Jisrael) · noun — vocative singular masculine, a place
The Lord	κύριος kurios	G2962	supreme in authority · noun — nominative singular masculine, a title
our	ἡμῶν hēmōn	G2257	of (or from) us
God	θεὸς theos	G2316	figuratively · noun — nominative singular masculine, a title
is	ἐστί estí	G2076	he (she or it) is
one	εἷς heis	G1520	one · adjective — nominative singular masculine
Lord	κύριος kurios	G2962	supreme in authority · noun — nominative singular masculine, a title

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Luke 10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all t…
Galatians 3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
Romans 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
1 Corinthians 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, a…
James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Jude 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Mark 12:32-33 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:28-34

The scribes and Pharisees were (however bad otherwise) enemies to the Sadducees; now one would have expected that, when they heard Christ argue so well against the Sadducees, they would have countenanced him, as they did Paul when he appeared against the Sadducees (Act 23:9); but it had not the effect: because he did not fall in with them in the ceremonials of religion, he agreeing with them in the essentials, gained him no manner of respect with them. Only we have here an account of one of them, a scribe, who had so much civility in him as to take notice of Christ's answer to the Sadducees, and to own that he had answered well, and much to the purpose (Mar 12:28); and we have reason to hope…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 12:27

But the God of the living - Θεος, God, is left out by ABCDKL, and in more than forty others, Syriac, one Arabic, one Persic, Coptic, Armenian, Gothic, Saxon, Vulgate, Itala, and Origen. Griesbach has omitted it.

John Gill on Mark 12:29

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 Deuteronomy 6:4, from whence this is taken. This passage of Scripture, to the end of the ninth verse, is the first of the sections which were put into their phylacteries; See Gill on Matthew 23:5; and was repeated twice every day, morning and evening; which…

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John Calvin on Mark 12:28-34

Mark 12:28-34 Matthew 22:34-40 Mark 12:28-34 Luke 10:25-37 34. But when the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they assembled together. 35. And one of them, a doctor of the law, put a question to him, tempting him, and saying, 36. Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37. Jesus saith to 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 it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as much as thyself. 40. On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets depend. 28. And when one of the scribes came, and heard them disputing together,…

The Church Fathers

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.
— Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Heathen 6.4

"But to those who are persuaded that He is evil, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'Call not me good, for One only is good.' And again, 'Be ye good and merciful, as your Father in the heavens, who makes the sun rise on good and evil men, and brings rain upon just and unjust.' But to those who were misled to imagine many gods, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'Hear, O Israel; the Lord your God is one Lord.'"
— Pseudo-Clement, Clementine Homilies, Homily 3

For Moses, the faithful servant of God, when he said, "The Lord thy God is one Lord," and thus proclaimed that there was only one God, did yet forthwith confess also our Lord when he said, "The Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah fire and brimstone from the Lord." And again, "And God said, Let Us make man after our image: and so God made man, after the image of God made He him." And further "In the image of God made He man." And that [the Son of God] was to be made man [Moses shows when] he says, "A prophet shall the Lord raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me."
— Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle of Pseudo-Ignatius to the Antiochians

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Dictionary and topics

Trinity — A word not found in Scripture, but used to express the doctrine of the unity of God as subsisting in three distinct Persons. This word is derived from the Gr. trias, first used by Theophilus (A.D.…
Love · 22:37,38; — 22:37,38;
Satire · Of Jesus against hypocrites — Of Jesus against hypocrites
Unity Of God · A ground for loving him supremely — A ground for loving him supremely

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Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:28-34

Adam Clarke on Mark 12:27

John Gill on Mark 12:29

John Calvin on Mark 12:28-34

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:28-34

Adam Clarke on Mark 12:27

John Gill on Mark 12:29

John Calvin on Mark 12:28-34

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 12:29-31