12:36,37
Jesus quotes from Ps 110:1. Psalm 110 was accepted as being messianic, and it is oft quoted or alluded to in the New Testament. The key point used by Jesus here is “The Lord said to my Lord”, followed by “Sit at my right hand ...” The two figures here are treated as equal, and this Psalm was written by David. So David is referring to someone greater than his son, for he would not write about his son in such terms. “The large crowd listened to Him with delight”. Why with delight? Maybe because the teachers of the Law considered themselves to be so learned , and such experts in the Bible, yet here was Jesus clearly demonstrating that they were not as clever as they thought they were.
12:38a
Jesus continues His criticism of the teachers of the Law by saying “Watch out for the teachers of the Law”. When the teacher of the Law asked Jesus the question about the greatest commandment I remarked that he seemed a rather proud person, somewhat full of himself. Jesus did tell him that he was not far from the kingdom of God, so seems to have had a favourable attitude towards him, but clearly Jesus did not think much of the teachers of the Law in general.
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