How readest thou? (πως αναγινωσκεισ; ). As a lawyer it was his business to know the facts in the law and the proper interpretation…

What is written, and so on. Jesus referred him to the law as a safe rule and asked him what was said there. The lawyer was doubtl…

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted Him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And He, answering, said, Thou…

The Venerable Bede: Our Lord had previously told His disciples that their names were written in heaven. It seems to me that fro…

Jesus’ counterquestion does not constitute an affirmation of the assumption behind the question but directs the questioner back to the commandments…

What is written in the law? He receives from Christ a reply different from what he had expected. And, indeed, no other rule for a holy and…

What is written in the law?
&c.] Christ, with great propriety, sends him to the law, to see and observe what was wri…

If we speak of eternal life, and the way to it, in a careless manner, we take the name of God in vain. No one will ever love God and his neighbor w…