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Ruler (archōn). Not in Mar 10:17; Mat 19:16.
What shall I do to inherit? (Ti poiēsas klēronomēsō̱). “By doing what shall I inherit?” Aorist active participle and future active indicative. Precisely the same question is asked by the lawyer in Luk 10:25. This young man probably thought that by some one act he could obtain eternal life. He was ready to make a large expenditure for it.
Good (agathon). See Mar 10:17 and Mat 19:16 for discussion of this adjective for absolute goodness. Plummer observes that no Jewish rabbi was called “good” in direct address. The question of Jesus will show whether it was merely fulsome flattery on the part of the young man or whether he really put Jesus on a par with God. He must at any rate define his attitude towards Christ.