Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 22:25-28

"Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother; in like manner the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And after them all, the woman died. In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her." — Matthew 22:25-28 (ASV)

These Sadducees may have known such a case as they stated, though it is extremely unlikely. More probably, this was one of the stock stories they were in the habit of telling to cast ridicule upon the resurrection.

They had no belief in spiritual beings; therefore, they supposed that if there were a future state, it would be similar to the present. Having stated their case, they put to the Savior this perplexing question: “In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.”

They doubtless thought that this question would puzzle Christ, as it had puzzled others to whom it had been put, but He had no more difficulty in answering this than He had with the previous inquiries.