ACC ~ Mark 12 v34

STILL AT SOME DISTANCE

PSEUDO-JEROME: To say “you are not far from” suggests that the scribe was still at some distance from the reign of God. COMMENTARY ON MARK. [1]

[1] Cetedoc 0632, 12.54.47; CG 1:431. To the extent that the giver of the command remained unrecognized, the scribe remained at a distance.

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