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and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.
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A Trap to Mock Belief
Commentators explain that this verse concludes a deliberately absurd story. The Sadducees, who denied the resurrection, were not genuinely seeking knowledge. They constructed this elaborate, even 'ludicrous' scenario to trap Jesus and mock the belief in an afterlife, which they considered foolish.
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Last of all (εσχατον παντων). Adverbial use of εσχατον.
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
And the seventh had her, and left no seed All, the seven brethren married her, one after another, and neither of the…
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…
