Mark 12:18-27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:26

And as touching the dead, that they rise ,.... For the proof of the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read in the book of Moses ; that is, in the law of Moses; for though it was divided into five parts, it was but one book; just as the Psalms are called the Book of Psalms, Acts 1:20 , and the Prophets, the Book of the Prophets, Acts 7:42 . The book of Exodus is particularly intended; for the passage referred to is in Exodus 3:6 , how in the bush God spake... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:27

He is not the God of the dead ,.... This is our Lord's reasoning upon the passage; showing from hence, that since God is the God of these persons, they must be now alive in their souls, for God is not the God of the dead; and that their bodies must rise again, or he will not be the God of their whole persons; but the God, of the living : the word "God", in this clause, is omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, but retained in the Persic and Ethiopic versions; See Gill... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:18

See this question, concerning the resurrection, explained in detail on Matthew 22:23-32 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:23

When they shall rise - This clause is wanting in BCDL, four others, Syriac, later Arabic, later Persic, Coptic, Saxon, and two of the Itala. Griesbach leaves it doubtful. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:27

But the God of the living - Θεος , God, is left out by ABCDKL, and in more than forty others, Syriac, one Arabic, one Persic, Coptic, Armenian, Gothic, Saxon, Vulgate, Itala, and Origen. Griesbach has omitted it. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-23

And there come unto him Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection. Josephus states that in the time of Judas Maceabaeus there were three sects of the Jews, differing amongst themselves, namely, the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes. The Hebrew word Zadoc , from which the Sadducees derive their name, means "just." or" righteous." These Sadducees accepted the Pentateuch, and probably more than the Pentateuch; but they rejected any oral tradition. They were known in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

Sadducees confuted. Of all the subjects which awaken the speculative curiosity and inquiry of men, none approaches, in dignity and importance, the future life. The nobler spirits, in every civilized and cultured community, have either held as an article of faith, or have cherished with fondest hope, the prospect of immortality. Annihilation is a prospect which none but the degraded and sinful can consent to accept without shuddering horror. It has often been observed as very remarkable,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

The puzzle of the Sadducees. I. THE CASE STATED . An extreme one; and probably a locus classicus in the works of the rabbins. It was supposed to be a reductio ad absurdum of all theories of resurrection or immortality. "In the resurrection" is used apparently in a pregnant sense, as including the judgment, when all questions would be decided, and the conditions of the future state settled. The case as stated referred only to legal and external conditions, questions of sentiment... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

The resurrection from the dead. A new class of antagonists now assail the great "Master" with a case of casuistry, designed evidently to bring the doctrine of the resurrection into contempt. "In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them?" Was this one of the flimsy, difficulties on which they relied for a defense of their position, as so often men screen their scepticism behind a mere veil of difficulty? And did they depend in any real degree upon an imaginary inconsistency to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

Sadducean error. I. DIFFICULTIES OF RELIEF ARE OFTEN IDLE LUXURIES OF THE MIND . One cannot suppose that these men were really troubled by such a question as they raised. It was sheer idleness, bred of useless school life. And so with many theoretical questions pretended to be of serious importance: pressing into what is inaccessible and kept in reserve by God. They are "solved by walking." Act—act rightly here and now, and the question will solve itself, or cease to... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

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