Matthew 22:34
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
American King James Version (AKJV)
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
American Standard Version (ASV)
But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;
Webster's Revision
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were assembled about him.
World English Bible
But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
English Revised Version (ERV)
But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together.
Clarke's Matthew 22:34 Bible Commentary
They were gathered together - Επι το αυτο - they came together with one accord, or, for the same purpose; i.e. of ensnaring him in his discourse, as the Sadducees had done, Matthew 22:23. The Codex Bezae and several of the Itala have επ' αυτον, against him. Camen togidre into oon. - Old MS. Eng, Bib.
Barnes's Matthew 22:34 Bible Commentary
Jesus converses with a Pharisee respecting the law - See also Mark 12:28-34.
Matthew 22:34
The Pharisees ... were gathered together - That is, either to rejoice that their great rivals, the Sadducees, had been so completely silenced, or to lay a new plan for ensnaring him, or perhaps both. They would rejoice that the Sadducees had been confounded, but they would not be the less desirous to involve Jesus in difficulty. They therefore endeavored, probably, to find the most difficult question in dispute among themselves, and proposed it to him to perplex him.
Wesley's Matthew 22:34 Bible Commentary
22:34 12:28 ; Luke 10:25.