Thou reproachest us also (κα ημας υβριζεις). Because the lawyers (scribes) were usually Pharisees. The verb υβριζω is an old one a…

Lawyers. These were men learned in the law; however, it is not known how the lawyers differed from the scribes, or whether they w…

Then answered one of the lawyers.—See Note on Matthew 22:35 for the term “lawyer.” We note here the sense at once of dist…

There was no great difference between the scribes and Pharisees and the lawyers, as this man evidently perceived, and as our Lord also soon confirm…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: A rebuke that exalts the meek is generally hateful to the proud. Therefore, when our Savior was blami…

Jesus now directs words against the “experts in the law,” many of whom were Pharisees. Their religious legalism explains v.46. They could interpret…

Then answered one of the lawyers
Or Scribes, as the Syriac and Persic versions read: and so the Ethiopic version cal…

We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, …