Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 19:17
Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is,]
God. The Revised Version, following the Siniatic, Vatican, and some
other manuscripts, leaves off "good" before "Master" in Matthew 19:16,
and changes this to, "Why asketh thou me concerning that which is
good"? Still, Mark and Luke give the question in the form of the Common
Version as here (Mark 10:18 Lu 18:19); hence we are justified in
adhering to the text as above. Some have seen in these words of Christ
an affirmation that he was not divine. To these, Stier replies:
``Either there is none good but God, Christ is good, therefore
Christ is God; or, there is none good but God, Christ is not
God, therefore Christ is not good.'
There is no answer to these syllogisms but to deny the sinlessness of
Christ.
If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. The Lord
had evidently asked his first question to prepare the way for this
direction. He has, in saying that no man is absolutely good, said that
no man can keep the commandments perfectly.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 19:17
Mark 10:17-22
Luke 18:18-30
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