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There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,
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Who Were the Sadducees?
Commentators explain that the Sadducees were a small but politically powerful and wealthy group in Jerusalem. Mark identifies them by their core belief: they denied the resurrection. Scholars note this was because they accepted only the first five books of the Bible as authoritative and, finding no clear teaching on resurrection there, they rejected the doctrine.
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There come unto him Sadducees (ερχοντα Σαδδουκαιο προς αυτον). Dramatic present. The Pharisees and Herodians had had their turn af…
19th Century
Anglican
Then come to him the Sadducees.—See Notes on Matthew 22:15-22.
Baptist
No doubt they thought that they had completely entangled him that time. How could he answer such a difficult question as that?
But, you see, …
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Reliable information about the Sadducees (mentioned only here in Mark) is difficult to obtain because no documents that are clearly Sadducean have …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then came unto him the Sadducees The same day, immediately after he had silenced the Pharisees and Herodians: these …
Presbyterian
A right knowledge of Scripture, as the fountain from where all revealed religion now flows, and the foundation on which it is built, is the best sa…
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