Matthew 22:34

“But when the Pharisees had heard, etc.] Either with their own ears, they being some of them present: or rather from the relation of others, from the Scribes, who expressed their approbation of Christ’s answer to the Sadducees; for the Pharisees, with the Herodians, in a body, had left him, and were gone to their respective places of abode; or to them that sent them, being baffled and confounded by him: but now hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, or stopped their mouths, having nothing to reply, which itself, was not disagreeable; for they were as opposite as could be to them in the doctrine of the resurrection, and in other things, and were their sworn and avowed enemies: and…”

“Jesus converses with a Pharisee respecting the law - See also Mark 12:28-34. Matthew 22:34 The Pharisees ... were gathered together - That is, either to rejoice that their great rivals, the Sadducees, had been so completely silenced, or to lay a new plan for ensnaring him, or perhaps both. They would rejoice that the Sadducees had been confounded, but they would not be the less desirous to involve Jesus in difficulty. They therefore endeavored, probably, to find the most difficult question in dispute among themselves, and proposed it to him to perplex him. Matthew 22:35 A lawyer - This does nor mean one that “practiced” law, as among us, but one learned or skilled in the law of Moses. Mark…”

“Mar 12:28; Luk 10:25. Matthew 22:35”

“when: Mar 12:28 they: Mat 12:14, Mat 25:3-5; Isa 41:5-7; Joh 11:47-50; Act 5:24-28, Act 19:23-28; Act 21:28-30 Matthew 22:35”