One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
This is the first and great commandment. Whether the object of it is considered, who is the first and chief good; or the manner in which it is to be observed, which requires and engrosses the whole heart, soul, and mind, and all the strength and power of man; or its being the principle from whence all the duties, and actions of men should flow...
Verse 35. A Lawyer. This does not mean one that practised law, as among us; but one learned or skilled in the law of Moses. Mark calls him "one of the scribes." This means the same thing. The scribes were men of learning; particularly men skilled in the law of Moses.
Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying, (o) A scribe, so it says in . To understand what a scribe is, see Geneva "Mt 2:4"