<p>12:28 <i>And one of the scribes came and heard them arguing; and knowing that he had answered them well, he asked him: What commandment is the first of all?</i>- It is often claimed that this means &lsquo;Which type of commandment?&rsquo;. But the Lord&rsquo;s answer suggests that He saw it as meaning &lsquo;Which specific commandment&rsquo;.&nbsp; Mk. 12:28 records them asking which is the greatest commandment &ldquo;of all&rdquo;, which requires that they wanted Him to name one specific one. Again, the Lord lifted the question to a higher level, quoting two commandments and speaking of them as one single commandment; and demonstrating that the unity of God is a command rather than a mere piece of fundamental but dead theology (see on Mt. 22:37).</p>