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But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord `The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.`
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Jesus Uses Their Own Book
Commentators note that Jesus masterfully refutes the Sadducees, who rejected the resurrection, by using a text from Moses (Exodus 3:6). Since the Sadducees held the books of Moses as their primary authority, Jesus skillfully proved the resurrection from the very source they revered, turning their own argument on its head.
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Even Moses (κα Μωυσης). Moses was used by the Sadducees to support their denial of the resurrection. This passage ([Reference Exod…
19th Century
Anglican
Even Moses shewed at the bush.—The precise meaning of the verb is that of “indicating,” “pointing to,” rather than actual…
16th Century
Protestant
But that the dead shall rise. After refuting the objection brought against Him, Christ confirms, by the testimony of Scripture, the doctri…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now that the dead are raised Or that there will be a resurrection of the dead, this is a proof of it: even Mo…
Presbyterian
It is common for those who intend to undermine any truth of God to load it with difficulties. But we wrong ourselves, and wrong the truth of Christ…
