39Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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? …
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. …
And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 39-47)The scribes were students in the law, and expositors of it to the people, men in reputation for wisdom and honour, but the generality of them were enemies to Christ and his gospel. Now here we have some of them attending him, and four things we have in these verses concerning them, which we had before:— I. We have them here commending the reply which Christ made to the Sadducees concerning the res…
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