The Question of the Resurrection

When the Saddusees try to embroil Jesus in a theological debate about the resurrection, He silences them by explaining that God is the God of the living and not the dead.

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Matthew 22:23-33

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a On that day

some b Sadducees (who say c there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him, asking,

“Teacher, Moses said,

‘ a If a man dies having no children ,

his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife,

and raise up children for his brother .’

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Now there were seven brothers with us;

and the first married and died,

and having no children left his wife to his brother;

so also the second,

and the third,

down to the seventh.

Last of all, the woman died.

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In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be?

For they all had married her.”

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But Jesus answered and said to them,

“You are mistaken,

a not 1 understanding the Scriptures

nor the power of God.

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For in the resurrection they neither a marry nor are given in marriage,

but are like angels in heaven.

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But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:

‘ a I am the God of Abraham , and the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob ’?

He is not the God of the dead

but of the living.”

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When the crowds heard this, a they were astonished at His teaching.

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Rhetorical question: Surely you have read what was spoken to you by God.

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Matthew 22:23-33

The Question

On that day

some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him, asking,

“Teacher, Moses said,

‘If a man dies having no children,

his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife,

and raise up children for his brother.’

Now there were seven brothers with us;

and the first married and died,

and having no children left his wife to his brother;

so also the second,

and the third,

down to the seventh.

Last of all, the woman died.

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be?

For they all had married her.”

The Answer

But Jesus answered and said to them,

“You are mistaken,

not understanding the Scriptures

nor the power of God.

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage,

but are like angels in heaven.

But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:

‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

He is not the God of the dead

but of the living.”

The Response

When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

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