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Jesus answered them, "Isn`t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God?
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The Two Roots of Error
Jesus directly identifies the cause of the Sadducees' error: they did not know the Scriptures, and they did not know the power of God. Commentators explain that these two forms of ignorance are the foundation for many theological mistakes, both then and now.
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Is it not for this cause that ye err? (Ου δια τουτο πλανασθε; ). Mark puts it as a question with ου expecting the affirmative answ…
19th Century
Anglican
Because ye know not the scriptures.—More literally, as in Saint Matthew, not knowing the scriptures.
Baptist
His answer carried the war into the enemies' camp. They professed to believe in Moses, yet they denied the existence of spirits and the fact of the…
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In his answer Jesus accused the Sadducees of ignorance of the Scriptures and the power of God. He then proceeded to take up the second accusation f…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jesus answering said to them Which they thought he was not able to do, but would have been silenced at once by them, …
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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