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Selected Verse: Mark 12:32 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 12:32 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] the scribe [1122] said [2036] unto him [846], Well [2573], Master [1320], thou hast said [2036] the [1909] truth [225]: for [3754] there is [2076] one [1520] God [2316]; and [2532] there is [2076] none [3756] other [243] but [4133] he [846]: |
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King James |
And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master--Teacher.
thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he--The genuine text here seems clearly to have been, "There is one," without the word "God"; and so nearly all critical editors and expositors read. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Well, Master, thou hast said the truth; for there is one God
All the best texts omit God.
Well (καλῶς)
Exclamatory, as one says good! on hearing something which he approves.
The truth ( ἐπ' ἀληθείας)
Incorrect. The phrase is adverbial; of a truth, in truth, truthfully, and qualifies the succeeding verb, thou hast said.
For (ὅτι)
The A. V. begins a new and explanatory sentence with this word; but it is better with Rev. to translate that, and make the whole sentence continuous: Thou hast truthfully said that he is one. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And the scribe said - The answer of the scribe, contained in Mar 12:32-34, is not found either in Matthew or Luke. This is another proof against Mark's supposed abridgment. |
32 And [2532] the scribe [1122] said [2036] unto him [846], Well [2573], Master [1320], thou hast said [2036] the [1909] truth [225]: for [3754] there is [2076] one [1520] God [2316]; and [2532] there is [2076] none [3756] other [243] but [4133] he [846]:
33 And [2532] to love [25] him [846] with [1537] all [3650] the heart [2588], and [2532] with [1537] all [3650] the understanding [4907], and [2532] with [1537] all [3650] the soul [5590], and [2532] with [1537] all [3650] the strength [2479], and [2532] to love [25] his neighbour [4139] as [5613] himself [1438], is [2076] more [4119] than all [3956] whole burnt offerings [3646] and [2532] sacrifices [2378].
34 And [2532] when Jesus [2424] saw [1492] that [3754] he [846] answered [611] discreetly [3562], he said [2036] unto him [846], Thou art [1488] not [3756] far [3112] from [575] the kingdom [932] of God [2316]. And [2532] no man [3762] after that [3765] durst [5111] ask [1905] him [846] any question.