Commentary
Old Testament : Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
The Song of Songs
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
![](images/minus.gif)
Text -- Mark 12:25-44 (NET)
![](images/arrow_open.gif)
Strongs On/Off
Context
12:25 For when they rise from the dead , they neither marry nor are given in marriage , but are like angels in heaven .
12:26 Now as for the dead being raised , have you not read in the book of Moses , in the passage about the bush , how God said to him , ‘I am the God of Abraham , the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob ’?
12:27 He is not the God of the dead but of the living . You are badly mistaken !”
The Greatest Commandment
12:28 Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating . When he saw that Jesus answered them well , he asked him , “Which commandment is the most important of all ?”
12:29 Jesus answered , “The most important is : ‘Listen , Israel , the Lord our God , the Lord is one .
12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart , with all your soul , with all your mind , and with all your strength .’
12:31 The second is: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself .’ There is no other commandment greater than these .”
12:32 The expert in the law said to him , “That is true , Teacher ; you are right to say that he is one , and there is no one else besides him .
12:33 And to love him with all your heart , with all your mind , and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices .”
12:34 When Jesus saw that he had answered thoughtfully , he said to him , “You are not far from the kingdom of God .” Then no one dared any longer to question him .
The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord
12:35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts , he said , “How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is David’s son ?
12:36 David himself , by the Holy Spirit , said , ‘The Lord said to my lord , “Sit at my right hand , until I put your enemies under your feet .”’
12:37 If David himself calls him ‘Lord ,’ how can he be his son ?” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight .
Warnings About Experts in the Law
12:38 In his teaching Jesus also said , “Watch out for the experts in the law . They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces ,
12:39 and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets .
12:40 They devour widows ’ property , and as a show make long prayers . These men will receive a more severe punishment .”
The Widow’s Offering
12:41 Then he sat down opposite the offering box , and watched the crowd putting coins into it . Many rich people were throwing in large amounts .
12:42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins , worth less than a penny .
12:43 He called his disciples and said to them , “I tell you the truth , this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others .
12:44 For they all gave out of their wealth . But she , out of her poverty , put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”
![](images/advanced.gif)
![](images/advanced.gif)
![](images/advanced.gif)
Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
![](images/arrow_open.gif)
Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
Jesus, The Christ |
Satire |
Love |
Temple |
COMMANDMENT, THE NEW |
Resurrection |
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 2 |
MITE |
Quotations and Allusions |
Widow |
Neighbor |
Law |
Women |
HEART |
GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST, THE |
Hypocrisy |
Sadducees |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
Wisdom |
more
![](images/cmt_minus_head.gif)
expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Mar 12:25; Mar 12:26; Mar 12:26; Mar 12:26; Mar 12:26; Mar 12:27; Mar 12:28; Mar 12:28; Mar 12:28; Mar 12:30; Mar 12:30; Mar 12:31; Mar 12:32; Mar 12:33; Mar 12:33; Mar 12:35; Mar 12:35; Mar 12:35; Mar 12:35; Mar 12:36; Mar 12:36; Mar 12:37; Mar 12:38; Mar 12:38; Mar 12:38; Mar 12:38; Mar 12:39; Mar 12:40; Mar 12:40; Mar 12:41; Mar 12:41; Mar 12:41; Mar 12:41; Mar 12:42; Mar 12:43; Mar 12:43; Mar 12:43; Mar 12:44; Mar 12:44
NET Notes: Mar 12:25 Angels do not die, nor do they eat according to Jewish tradition (1 En. 15:6; 51:4; Wis 5:5; 2 Bar. 51:10; 1QH 3.21-23).
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Mar 12:27 He is not God of the dead but of the living. Jesus’ point was that if God could identify himself as God of the three old patriarchs, then they m...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Mar 12:28 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Mar 12:30 A quotation from Deut 6:4-5 and Josh 22:5 (LXX). The fourfold reference to different parts of the person says, in effect, that one should love God wit...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Mar 12:35 It was a common belief in Judaism that Messiah would be David’s son in that he would come from the lineage of David. On this point the Pharisees...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Mar 12:37 Grk “David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ So how is he his son?” The conditional nuance, implicit in Greek, has been made explicit ...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Mar 12:38 There is later Jewish material in the Talmud that spells out such greetings in detail. See H. Windisch, TDNT 1:498.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Mar 12:40 Grk “houses,” “households”; however, the term can have the force of “property” or “possessions” as wel...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Mar 12:41 The offering box probably refers to the receptacles in the temple forecourt by the Court of Women used to collect freewill offerings. These are mentio...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Mar 12:42 These two small copper coins were lepta (sing. “lepton”), the smallest and least valuable coins in circulation in Palestine, worth one-hal...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Mar 12:43 Has put more into the offering box than all the others. With God, giving is weighed evaluatively, not counted. The widow was praised because she gave ...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)