23 The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection,
came to Him and asked Him, 24 saying: “Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies,
having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for
his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died
after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother. 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the
seventh. 27 Last of all the woman died also. 28 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the
seven will she be? For they all had her.”
29 Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power
of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry
nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven. 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead,
have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob’? God is
not the God of the dead, but of the living.” 33 And when the multitudes heard this, they were
astonished at His teaching.
Having defeated the Pharisees and the Herodians scheme to entrap Him the Lord Jesus is now approached by the Sadducees, (who denied God’s Spirit, angels and demons, the resurrection of the dead, eternal judgment, but held to the Law of God and its sacrificial system, since they were the administers of it as holders of its high priesthood) and so they now approach the Lord Jesus with a question about the resurrection. Not that they believed there was a resurrection of the dead, but rather their question (based on Deut. 25:5-6) was meant to undermine its validity in the eyes of the people, and by default the Lord Jesus Christ who taught it (consider John 5:24-30).
Now the Sadducees question had been carefully thought out so as to make affirming the resurrection of the dead an absurdity given the statute in Deuteronomy 25:5-6, at least an absurdity from the Sadducees point of view. And so, their hypothetical situation consists of seven brothers, the first of whom died after he married and so the next in line took his wife to raise up an heir to him as the Law of God states to do. Now this carried on through all the brothers, right until the seventh and then he died. Therefore, the Sadducees thinking they have reasoned out a perfect and impossible situation that will undermine the Lord Jesus Christ and His teaching the resurrection of the dead, now ask Him whose wife will she be in the resurrection, since all seven had her.
Vs. 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Therefore, the Lord will rebuke their misunderstanding of the resurrection which they themselves were only hypocritically using, since they themselves did not believe in the resurrection of dead, and yet they dream up this scenario by which they thought they had created an iron clad situation by which they could undermine the validity of the resurrection. However, as the Lord Jesus Christ states here in affirming the resurrection of the dead, “they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.” And so, their whole premise of the woman and her having had seven husbands (and thus her now being condemned to adultery with them there) is quickly thrown out as utterly foolish and invalid. For in the resurrection, for as the Lord Jesus Christ states, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels of God in heaven.
Having then refuted their hypothetical situation by which they thought to undermine the Lord Jesus Christ and the truth of the resurrection of the dead; the Lord Jesus now by way of the Word of God reaffirms it, by recalling what God said to Moses when He revealed Himself to him in the burning bush. For it was there that God told Moses not to be afraid for “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” (see Exodus 3:6-15). Therefore, if men died without hope of a resurrection of the dead; of the just and the unjust; as the Lord Jesus Christ teaches and declares to us all (see John 5:24-30; Acts 24:15), then God would not have made mention of these men to Moses, men to whom God had made a covenant with and sworn His promises too, promises that require a resurrection of the dead for Him to fulfill His Word. Therefore, the Scripture says when the multitudes heard this they were astonished at Jesus teaching because no one but Christ alone can quickly and immediately refute the craftily reasoned out plots of men.
Scripture Quotations:
Commentary
Vs.
23-24
23 The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no
resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, 24 saying: “Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies,
having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for
his brother.Having defeated the Pharisees and the Herodians scheme to entrap Him the Lord Jesus is now approached by the Sadducees, (who denied God’s Spirit, angels and demons, the resurrection of the dead, eternal judgment, but held to the Law of God and its sacrificial system, since they were the administers of it as holders of its high priesthood) and so they now approach the Lord Jesus with a question about the resurrection. Not that they believed there was a resurrection of the dead, but rather their question (based on Deut. 25:5-6) was meant to undermine its validity in the eyes of the people, and by default the Lord Jesus Christ who taught it (consider John 5:24-30).
Vs. 25-28 25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died
after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother. 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the
seventh. 27 Last of all the woman died also. 28 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the
seven will she be? For they all had her.”
Now the Sadducees question had been carefully thought out so as to make affirming the resurrection of the dead an absurdity given the statute in Deuteronomy 25:5-6, at least an absurdity from the Sadducees point of view. And so, their hypothetical situation consists of seven brothers, the first of whom died after he married and so the next in line took his wife to raise up an heir to him as the Law of God states to do. Now this carried on through all the brothers, right until the seventh and then he died. Therefore, the Sadducees thinking they have reasoned out a perfect and impossible situation that will undermine the Lord Jesus Christ and His teaching the resurrection of the dead, now ask Him whose wife will she be in the resurrection, since all seven had her.
Vs. 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Having heard their loaded question, the
Lord Jesus is not rattled by it. Indeed, before they even finished He would’ve
already seen all of the errors in it. Therefore, in responding to them, the
Lord Jesus now says to the Sadducees that they know neither the Scriptures, nor
the power of God. For though they held the Law as having Authority, they themselves
knew little of it, (for there is knowing the Word of God “cerebrally”, and
there is knowing it experientially) and in this they knew nothing of the Power
of God in their lives, or in their ministries, because they did not believe it,
and so their understandings of the Law of God reflected this. Therefore, in
rebuking them the Lord Jesus Christ will cite from the Pentateuch, or Torah
(i.e. the first five Books of the Bible that were only considered authoritative
by them) and in this the Lord Jesus Christ will cite from Genesis, the first
Book given in the Law of God.
Vs.
30
“For in
the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like
angels of God in heaven.”
Therefore, the Lord will rebuke their misunderstanding of the resurrection which they themselves were only hypocritically using, since they themselves did not believe in the resurrection of dead, and yet they dream up this scenario by which they thought they had created an iron clad situation by which they could undermine the validity of the resurrection. However, as the Lord Jesus Christ states here in affirming the resurrection of the dead, “they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.” And so, their whole premise of the woman and her having had seven husbands (and thus her now being condemned to adultery with them there) is quickly thrown out as utterly foolish and invalid. For in the resurrection, for as the Lord Jesus Christ states, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels of God in heaven.
Vs.
31-33 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead,
have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob’? God is
not the God of the dead, but of the living.” 33 And when the multitudes heard this, they were
astonished at His teaching.
Having then refuted their hypothetical situation by which they thought to undermine the Lord Jesus Christ and the truth of the resurrection of the dead; the Lord Jesus now by way of the Word of God reaffirms it, by recalling what God said to Moses when He revealed Himself to him in the burning bush. For it was there that God told Moses not to be afraid for “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” (see Exodus 3:6-15). Therefore, if men died without hope of a resurrection of the dead; of the just and the unjust; as the Lord Jesus Christ teaches and declares to us all (see John 5:24-30; Acts 24:15), then God would not have made mention of these men to Moses, men to whom God had made a covenant with and sworn His promises too, promises that require a resurrection of the dead for Him to fulfill His Word. Therefore, the Scripture says when the multitudes heard this they were astonished at Jesus teaching because no one but Christ alone can quickly and immediately refute the craftily reasoned out plots of men.
Scripture Quotations:
The New King James Version. (1982). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
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