The Scofield Bible Commentary: Matthew: Matthew Chapter 22
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
kingdom
(See Scofield) - (Mat 3:2).
burned
Fulfilled as to Jerusalem; A.D. 70. (Luk 21:20-24).
go ye
The world-wide call. (Mat 28:16-20); (Rev 22:17).
Then went
In the different classes, (Mat 23:15-40). Jesus meets representatives of all Israel, Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians.
(See Scofield) - (Mat 3:7).
For them, silenced but unrepentant, no message is left but "woe." (Mat 23:1-39).
ye do err
Or, ye deceive yourselves, etc. Jesus' answer gives the three incapacities of the rationalist: self-deception, (Rom 1:21-22); ignorance of the spiritual content of Scripture, (Act 13:27); disbelief in the intervention of divine power. (Pe2 3:5-9).
angels
(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4).
lawyer
(Greek, "nomikos", "of the law"); occurs also (Luk 7:30); (Luk 10:25); (Luk 11:45); (Luk 11:46); (Luk 11:52); (Luk 14:3); (Tit 3:13). Except in the last instance, "lawyer" is another name for "scribe."
(See Scofield) - (Mat 2:4).
In (Tit 3:13), the term has the modern meaning.
asked them
Compare (Mat 21:24); (Joh 19:7).
Jesus' question is not personal but doctrinal: "Whose son is the Messiah?"
Compare (Act 2:25-36); (Rom 1:3); (Rom 1:4).