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In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife."
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A Question Meant to Trap
Commentators explain that the Sadducees' question was not a sincere inquiry. It was a well-crafted trap, possibly a popular joke at the time, designed to make the doctrine of the resurrection seem absurd. They addressed Jesus as "Teacher" ironically, with no real intention of learning from Him.
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To wife (γυναικα). Predicate accusative in apposition with "her" (αυτην). So Luke, but Matthew merely has "had her" (εσχον αυτην),…
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
In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise This last clause, "when they shall rise", is omitted in two copi…
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…
