Concerning that which is good (peri tou agaqou). He had asked Jesus in verse Matthew 19:16 "what good thing" he should do. He evidently had a light idea of the meaning of agaqov. "This was only a teacher's way of leading on a pupil" (Bruce). So Jesus explains that "One there is who is good," one alone who is really good in the absolute sense.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 19:17:
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