Matthew 22 · Verse 35

Matthew 22:35

Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Matthew 22:35, King James Version

Matthew 22:35 in other translations

BSBOne of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
WEBOne of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
ASVAnd one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him:
YLTand one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,
DARBYAnd one of them, a lawyer, demanded, tempting him, and saying,
BBEAnd one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,
WebsterThen one of them who was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

What does Matthew 22:35 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 35. A Lawyer. This does not mean one that practised law, as among us; but one learned or skilled in the law of Moses. Mark calls him "one of the scribes." This means the same thing. The scribes were men of learning; particularly men skilled in the law of Moses. He had heard him reasoning with the Sadducees, and perceived that he answered them well; and he was thought to be better qualified to hold a debate with him, (Mark.) This man was probably of a candid turn of mind; perhaps willing to know the truth; and not entering very fully into their malicious intentions, but acting as their agent, Mk 12:34.

Tempting him. Trying him. Proposing a question to test his knowledge of the law.

(i) "one of them" Lk 10:25

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 A lawyer - Νομικος, a teacher of the law. What is called lawyer, in the common translation, conveys a wrong idea to most readers: my old MS. renders the word in the same way I have done. These teachers of the law were the same as the scribes, or what Dr. Wotton calls letter-men, whom he supposes to be the same as the Karaites, a sect of the Jews who rejected all the traditions of the elders, and admitted nothing but the written word. See Wotton's Mishna, vol. i. p. 78. These are allowed to have kept more closely to the spiritual meaning of the law and prophets than the Pharisees did; and hence the question proposed by the lawyer, (Mark, Mar 12:28, calls him one of the scribes), or Karaite, was of a more spiritual or refined nature than any of the preceding.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 22:34-40

An interpreter of the law asked our Lord a question, to try, not so much his knowledge, as his judgment. The love of God is the first and great commandment, and the sum of all the commands of the first table. Our love of God must be sincere, not in word and tongue only. All our love is too little to bestow upon him, therefore all the powers of the soul must be engaged for him, and carried out toward him. To love our…

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Matthew 22:35 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἐπηρώτησενepērōtēsenquestioned [Him]G1905
εἷςheisoneG1520
ἐξexofG1537
αὐτῶνautōnthemG846
νομικὸςnomikosa lawyerG3544
πειράζωνpeirazōntestingG3985
αὐτόνautonHimG846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 22:35

  • Luke 7:30

    But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

  • Luke 10:25-37

    And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 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 thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. …

  • Luke 11:52

    Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

  • Luke 11:45-46

    Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

  • Luke 14:3

    And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

  • Matthew 22:18

    But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

  • Titus 3:13

    Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a lawyer.
Lu 7:30; 10:25-37; 11:45,46,52; 14:3; Tit 3:13
tempting.
18; Mr 10:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Matthew 22:34

    But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

  • Matthew 22:35

    Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

  • Matthew 22:36

    Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

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Matthew 22:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y preguntó uno de ellos, intérprete de la ley, tentándole y diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’un d’eux, docteur de la loi, l’interrogea pour l’éprouver, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und einer aus ihnen, ein Gesetzgelehrter, fragte ihn versuchend, und sprach:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et interrogavit eum unus ex eis legis doctor, tentans eum: