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One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."
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A lawyer objects to Jesus' words, feeling "reproached." Commentators explain this wasn't just a misunderstanding; his conscience was pricked. He recognized that the criticisms against the Pharisees also applied to him and his fellow legal experts. As Albert Barnes notes, people whose sins are exposed often perceive faithful truth-telling as a personal attack or insult.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Lawyers. These were men learned in the law; however, it is not known how the lawyers differed from the scribes, or whether they w…
Thou reproachest us also (κα ημας υβριζεις). Because the lawyers (scribes) were usually Pharisees. The verb υβριζω is an old one a…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
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Baptist
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…
Jesus now directs words against the “experts in the law,” many of whom were Pharisees. Their religious legalism explains v.46. They could interpret…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then answered one of the lawyers Or Scribes, as the Syriac and Persic versions read: and so the Ethiopic version cal…
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