God & Savior

Matthew 22:39-40

39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Matthew 22:39-40
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Verse 39

The second commandment is like the first: love your neighbour as yourself.

Explanation

Jesus adds a second command, from Leviticus 19:18. Love for God and love for others belong together. In 22:40 He says that all the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commands.

Original language
  • δευτέρα (deutera): secondly
    Greek · Adjective, nominative, singular, feminine · Strong's G1208 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Second.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 22:39, word 1

  • ὁμοία (homoia): like
    Greek · Adjective, nominative, singular, feminine · Strong's G3664 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Like, similar.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 22:39, word 3

  • ἀγαπήσεις (agapēseis): to love
    Greek · Verb, future, active, indicative, 2nd person singular · Strong's G0025 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    You will love.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 22:39, word 5

  • πλησίον (plēsion): near/neighbour
    Greek · Adverb · Strong's G4139 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Neighbour: the one near you.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 22:39, word 7

  • σεαυτόν (seauton): yourself
    Greek · Reflexive pronoun, 2nd person, accusative, singular, masculine · Strong's G4771 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Yourself.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 22:39, word 10

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Verse 39

Original language (Greek)

δευτέρα δὲ ὁμοία αὐτῇ· ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν.

  1. δευτέραdeutera“[The] second”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, feminine · from δεύτερος · “secondly” · Strong's G1208
  2. δὲde“also”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  3. ὁμοίαhomoia“[is] like”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, feminine · from ὅμοιος · “like” · Strong's G3664
  4. αὐτῇ·autēa“to it:”
    Personal pronoun, dative, singular, feminine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  5. ἀγαπήσειςagapēseis“You will love”
    Verb, future, active, indicative, 2nd person singular · from ἀγαπάω · “to love” · Strong's G0025
  6. τὸνton“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  7. πλησίονplēsion“neighbour”
    Adverb · “near/neighbour” · Strong's G4139
  8. σουsou“of you”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, genitive, singular · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  9. ὡςhōs“as”
    Particle · “which/how” · Strong's G5613
  10. σεαυτόν.seauton“yourself.’”
    Reflexive pronoun, 2nd person, accusative, singular, masculine · from σεαυτοῦ · “yourself” · Strong's G4771

Verse 40

Original language (Greek)

ἐν ταύταις ταῖς δυσὶν ἐντολαῖς ὅλος ὁ νόμος κρέμαται καὶ οἱ προφῆται.

  1. ἐνen“On”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  2. ταύταιςtautais“these”
    Demonstrative pronoun, dative, plural, feminine · from οὗτος · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
  3. ταῖςtais“<the>”
    Article, dative, plural, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  4. δυσὶνdusin“two”
    Adjective, dative, plural, feminine · from δύο · “two” · Strong's G1417
  5. ἐντολαῖςentolais“commandments”
    Noun, dative, plural, feminine · from ἐντολή · “commandment” · Strong's G1785
  6. ὅλοςholos“all”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · “all” · Strong's G3650
  7. ὁho“the”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  8. νόμοςnomos“law”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “law” · Strong's G3551
  9. κρέματαιkrematai“hangs”
    Verb, present, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular · from κρεμάω · “to hang” · Strong's G2910
  10. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  11. οἱhoi“the”
    Article, nominative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  12. προφῆται.prophētai“Prophets.”
    Noun, nominative, plural, masculine · from προφήτης · “prophet” · Strong's G4396
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)