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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 22:23-28

Mark thus repeats the same history, Mark 12:18-22. So doth Luke, Luke 20:27-33. Concerning the Sadducees we have before spoken; they were a sect amongst the Jews much differing from the Pharisees, as may be seen, Acts 23:8. Amongst other erroneous tenets, they denied the resurrection, as may be seen in that text, as well as this; and (which indeed was their fundamental error) they denied spirits, and consequently the immortality of the soul in its separate estate. Their design seemeth not so... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 22:29-30

Mark hath the same, Mark 12:24,Mark 12:25, only he propounds it as a question, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know, not the Scriptures? Luke saith, Luke 20:34,Luke 20:35, And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 22:31-33

Mark hath the same, Mark 12:26,Mark 12:27; so hath Luke, Luke 20:37,Luke 20:38; only Mark and Luke mention the time when God spake these words—in the bush, that is, when God appeared to Moses in the burning bush, Exodus 3:6; and Luke addeth, for all live unto him. Mark also saith, Touching the dead that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses? Our Saviour, in the foregoing words, had, by the by, asserted the doctrine of angels; here he asserts both the doctrine of the immortality of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 22:23-33

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 22:23. The Sadducees.—The article is properly omitted in the R.V. See note on Matthew 3:7. That the Pharisees had an understanding with them also seems likely from what is said both in Matthew 22:15, which seems a general introduction to the series of questions, and in Matthew 22:34, from which it would appear that they were somewhere out of sight waiting to hear the result of this new attack. Though the alliance seems a strange one, it is not the first time that common... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Matthew 22:29

ye do err Or, ye deceive yourselves, etc. Jesus' answer gives the three incapacities of the rationalist: self-deception, Romans 1:21; Romans 1:22 ignorance of the spiritual content of Scripture, Acts 13:27; Acts 13:27 disbelief in the intervention of divine power, 2 Peter 3:5-9. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:1-46

Chapter 22And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables ( Matthew 22:1 ),Now He is still there, and He is laying on them these parables.And He said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son. And he sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come ( Matthew 22:1-3 ).There was first of all those who were bidden to the wedding. His son is getting married, and the servants were sent to those that... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:1-46

Matthew 22:2 . The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son. The marriage of the heir apparent, giving stability to the throne, protection to the subject, and glory to the empire, is a most auspicious event, and claims the most lively interest of the nation. How much more then, when sinners are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. What happier emblems could wisdom devise to attract mankind to devotion and joy, than the figures employed in this... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 22:23-33

Matthew 22:23-33For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage.The joys of heavenThe Gauls, an ancient people of France, after they had once tasted of the sweet wine of the grapes that grew in Italy, inquired after that country where such pleasant liquor was, and understanding of it, they made towards that place, and never rested till they came thither where such pleasant things grew. Could we only realize something of the joys of heaven, should we not more earnestly set... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 22:30-40

Matthew 22:30-40Master, which is the great commandment in the law? How may we attain to love God with all our hearts, souls, and mindsI. What is it to love God with all the heart, soul, and mind?1. What is love? It is not a carnal love. It is not a natural love. It is not a merely moral love.2. What is love to God? Metaphors to illustrate what it is to love God.(1) The soul’s love to God may be a little shadowed forth by the love of the iron to the loadstone.(2) Our love to God is like the love... read more

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