Matthew Part 84

Text: Matthew 22:34-40.

Verse 34

Silenced the Sadducees

THEY gathered together

probably a riff off of PS. 2:2.

Verse 35

Lawyer - nomikos (Legal expert, learned in the law)

God’s Law

Verse 36

why is this a test?

the Jewish Rabbis had discussions on this on which commands were light and which were weightier - 613 of them

depending on what he said, one of them would disagree with him and he would be accused of lessening the other laws.

Verse 37-40

verse 37

quoting Deut. 6:5.

Heart, Soul and Mind (Not Might)

Luke 10:27 and Mark 12:30 and strength

why add mind? Hebrew didnt have a word for “Mind”

what does it mean to love God with all of your;

heart (Emotions, core values, loyalties)

soul (life force, Deut. 8:3.)

mind (The Intellect,

strength

this all again falls into Jesus’ theme of the internal emphasis rather than external