Matthew 马太福音 22:34-40 — The Great Commandment 大诫命

After Jesus put the Sadducees to silence, the Pharisees try to entrap Jesus again with the third question aimed to discredit Him.

堵住了撒都该人的口后,法利赛人又尝试以第三个问题陷害祂,希望能玷辱祂的名。

 

  1. Love to condemn 爱谴责 (22:34-36)

The particular one who chose to confront Jesus was a lawyer, which indicated his unusual expertise in the Mosaic Law. Over the years, the rabbis had tried to divide the laws into heavy (absolutely binding) and light (less binding). However, there had never been unanimity as to which laws were heavy or light. Hence the Pharisees assumed that Jesus’ naming of the one great commandment in the Law would be sufficiently unorthodox to condemn Him.

试着对抗耶稣的是一名文士,即一位精通摩西律法的人。历年来,拉比们尝试将各律法划分轻重(必须或不一定要遵守的程度之分),却无法有个统一。因此,法利赛人以为只要耶稣说出律法中哪个诫命是最大的,就能控告祂教导不对。

 

  1. Love the Lord 爱主 (22:37-38)

Jesus answered without hesitation, and it is totally in line with Mosaic Law. The Hebrew word for love “Aheb” used in Deuteronomy 6:5, is equivalent to the Greek agape in the New Testament, which is intelligent, purposeful and committed love that is an act of the will. To love the Lord with all one’s heart, soul and mind is not compartmentalizing love into categories, but to denote that we are to love God with every part of our being.

耶稣毫无疑虑地答复,且答案与摩西律法完全相称。《申命记》6章5节中“爱”的希伯来文是“Aheb”,相当于新约的希腊文agape,即甘愿付出的一份机灵、有意并委身的爱。尽心、尽性、尽意爱主之意,并非是要我们将爱心分类,乃是叫我们用尽一切去爱神。

 

  1. Love your neighbour 爱人如己 (22:39-40)

After stating the first and greatest commandment, Jesus added the second as well: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Genuine love for one’s neighbor is of the same kind as genuine love for God. Just as a person looks out for his own welfare, he will also look out for the welfare of others if he truly loves them.

立了首要及最大的诫命后,耶稣加了第二个诫命:要爱人如己。对邻舍真实的爱与对神真实的爱是一样的。如同人会为自己设想,倘若他也爱他的邻舍,他会为他们的益处着想。

 
 

 

Praying the Scripture 用经文祷告

 

  1. Do you recognize the absolute authority of the Scripture as the Word of God? Know that “all Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” (2 Tim. 3:16) and let us pray that by the Word of God, we may be complete and equipped for every good work.

你是否承认圣经为神话语的绝对权威?要晓得“圣经都是神所默示的,于教训、督责、使人归正、教导人学义都是有益的”(提后3:16)。让我们祷告能藉着神的话语得以完全,预备行各样的善事。

 

  1. The greatest commandment in the Bible is to love God with all our heart, all our soul and all our mind. Do you love God with every part of your being? “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” (Matt. 10:37). Let’s pray that we will truly love God with our whole heart.

圣经的最大诫命是要尽心、尽性、尽意爱主我们的神。你是否尽身心灵爱神呢?“爱父母过于爱我的,不配做我的门徒;爱儿女过于爱我的,不配做我的门徒”(太10:37)。让我们祷告,叫我们能全心真实爱神。

 

  1. The second greatest commandment in the Bible is to love our neighbor. Do you love the people around you? Let’s pray that we will “not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” (1 John 3:18)

圣经中的第二大诫命是要爱人如己。你是否爱你身边的人呢?让我们祷告我们的爱“不要只在言语和舌头上,总要在行为和诚实上”(约一3:18)。