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"Teacher, Moses wrote to us, `If a man`s brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up children to his brother.`
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A Question as a Trap
Commentators explain that the Sadducees' question was not a sincere inquiry. They addressed Jesus as 'Teacher' ironically and presented a ludicrous, hypothetical case based on the law of Moses. Their goal was to entangle Jesus and mock the belief in the resurrection, which they denied.
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Moses wrote (Μωυσης εγραψεν). So Lu 20:28 (Genesis 38:8; De. 25:5f.). Matthew has "said" (ειπεν).
19th Century
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, …
The address by the Sadducees to Jesus is ironic; although they addressed him with the honorific title “Teacher,” they did not intend to learn from …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Master, Moses wrote to us Has left in writing for us the following precept to observe; for they acknowledged the wri…
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…
