King James Version
Matthew 22:36 in the King James Version says “Master, which is the great commandment in the law?” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Master, which is the great commandment in the law?”
Matthew 22:36 · KJV
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together .
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“which”
G4169individualizing interrogative (of character) what sort of, or (of number) which one
“the law”
G3551law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of moses (including the volume); also of the gospel), or figurat
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