What good thing (τ αγαθον). Mark has the adjective "good" with "Teacher."

May have (σχω). Ingre ive aorist…

One came. This was a young man (Matthew 19:20). He was a ruler (Luke), probably a ruler in a synagogue or of…

Behold, one came and said... — The vagueness with which a man, who must have been prominent, is introduced without a name is signi…

This was not a child, but a young man, who had come to more mature years.

Rabanus Maurus: This man had, perhaps, heard from the Lord that only those who were like little children were worthy to enter …

A certain man—identified by all three evangelists as rich, by Matthew (v.20) as young, and by Luke (18:18) as a ruler—asks Jesus what he must do to…

And, lo, one. Luke says that he was a ruler (ἄρχων), that is, a man of very high authority, not one of the common people.^616…

And behold, one came
The Persic version reads, "a rich man"; and so he was, as appears from what follows: Luke calls…

Christ knew that covetousness was the sin which most easily beset this young man. Although he had obtained honestly what he possessed, he still cou…

In this pa age, it was shown how one comes to eternal life by the common way. Here, He teaches how one comes by the way of perfection. This way of …