SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:37
Luego llamndole el mismo David, Seor, ¿de dnde, pues, es su hijo? Y muchas personas le oían de buena gana.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Mark 12:37
Verse 37. The common people heard him gladly.] And were doubtless many of them brought to believe and receive the truth. By the comparatively poor the Gospel is still best received.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 37. David therefore himself calleth him Lord , etc..] David, whose son you say the Messiah is, speaks of him as one superior to himself; as Lord, and as his Lord: whence is he then his son ? from what passage of Scripture does it appear, that he is his son? and how can these two different characters of him, be made to agree in him? Our Lord meant by this, to observe to them, that the Messiah was God, as well as man; that he was not merely the son of David, as was commonly received, or a mere man, but that he had a superior nature, in which he was David's Lord, and even Lord of all. This is a Talmudic way of speaking, frequently used when a proof from Scripture, or reason, is demanded to support any opinion or article of faith; as, arb s yah yynm , from whence is this opinion f218 ? what proof is there of it? And again it is said f219 , ytmh tyy j tl yynm , from whence is the proof of the resurrection of the dead out of the law? It is said, ( Exodus 6:4), and I have also established, etc.. Sometimes it is expressed thus f220 , ny [ dy anm , from whence do we know that it is so? And sometimes the word is doubled f221 ; says, R. Simeon ben Lekish, there is an intimation out of the law, concerning that which is torn, yynm yynm , from whence? from whence? ( Exodus 22:31): Neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn, etc.. But the Scribes produced neither Scripture nor reason to support their assertion, though it was true; because they could not reconcile it with the passage cited by Christ. And the common people ; or the whole multitude, as the Syriac and Persic versions render it; or a great multitude, as the Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions; or all the people, as the Ethiopic; all but the Scribes and Pharisees, the populace in general, heard him gladly ; with great pleasure and satisfaction, observing that his doctrine was superior to that of any of the sects among them; particularly his reasoning about the Messiah, was listened to with great attention, and who, no doubt, could gladly have heard how these things could be reconciled; but we read not that any answer was returned to our Lord's queries, either by himself or any other.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 35-40 - When we attend to what the Scriptures declare, as to the person an offices of Christ, we shall be led to confess him as our Lord and God to obey him as our exalted Redeemer. If the common people hear thes things gladly, while the learned and distinguished oppose, the forme are happy, and the latter to be pitied. And as sin, disguised with show of piety, is double iniquity, so its doom will be doubly heavy.
Greek Textus Receptus
αυτος 846 P-NSM ουν 3767 CONJ δαβιδ 1138 N-PRI λεγει 3004 5719 V-PAI-3S αυτον 846 P-ASM κυριον 2962 N-ASM και 2532 CONJ ποθεν 4159 ADV-I υιος 5207 N-NSM αυτου 846 P-GSM εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S και 2532 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM πολυς 4183 A-NSM οχλος 3793 N-NSM ηκουεν 191 5707 V-IAI-3S αυτου 846 P-GSM ηδεως 2234 ADV
Vincent's NT Word Studies
37. The common people (o poluv oclov). Not indicating a social distinction, but the great mass of the people: the crowd at large.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
12:37 {The common people heard him gladly} (ho polus oclos ekouen autou hedews). Literally, the much multitude (the huge crowd) was listening (imperfect tense) to him gladly. Mark alone has this item. The Sanhedrin had begun the formal attack that morning to destroy the influence of Jesus with the crowds whose hero he now was since the Triumphal Entry. It had been a colossal failure. The crowds were drawn closer to him than before.
