For when they shall rise from the dead ,.... These seven brethren, and the woman; and so any, and every other: they neither marry, nor are given marriage : there will be no such natural relation subsisting, nor any need of any: but are as the angels which are in heaven ; See Gill on Matthew 22:30 . read more
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
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
And one of the Scribes came ,.... Matthew calls him a lawyer, Matthew 22:35 , an interpreter of the law, as a Scribe was: and having heard them reasoning together ; being present at the dispute between Christ and the Sadducees, which he diligently attended to: and perceiving that he had answered them well : in a most beautiful manner. The Jews have adopted the very Greek word here used, and make use of it in the same sense as אמר ליה קאלום F14 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 108. 1.... read more
Jesus answered him, the first of all the commandments is ,.... Christ replied at once, without taking any time to consider of it, that the chief and principal of all the commands of the law, and what is of the greatest importance is, hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord . The Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions read, "one God"; but the Syriac, and Ethiopic render it, "one Lord"; and that rightly, agreeably to the Greek text, and to Deuteronomy 6:4 , from whence this is taken.... read more
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God ,.... Which is to be understood of the one God, Father, Son, and Spirit; for all the three divine persons are to be equally loved, being possessed of the same perfections and excellencies, and having done the same works, and having bestowed like benefits and favours upon men: and though there is now no principle of love to God in men; but, on the contrary, men are enemies to God in their minds, which appears by their wicked works; yet this commandment is... read more
See this question, concerning the resurrection, explained in detail on Matthew 22:23-32 ; (note). read more
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
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
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:24
And Jesus answering said unto them ,.... Which they thought he was not able to do, but would have been silenced at once by them, as many of their antagonists had been: do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, neither the power of God ? what is expressed in Matthew affirmatively, is here put by way of interrogation, which, with the Jews, was a more vehement way of affirming; See Gill on Matthew 22:29 . read more