<p>22:36&nbsp;<em>Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?-</em> 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 :37).</p>