John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:33
And when the multitude heard this ,.... This wise and full answer of Christ to the posing question of the Sadducees, with which perhaps they had puzzled many, and never had met with their match before: they were astonished at his doctrine ; concerning the pure, perfect, and angelic state of the righteous in the world to come;, and how strongly and nervously he proved the immortality of the soul, and the resurrection of the dead, which were both denied by the Sadducees; and who were so... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:32
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ,.... The Sadducees expressly denied, that the resurrection could be proved out of the law, "Says R. Eliezer, with R. Jose F7 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 90. 2. , I have found the books of the Sadducees to be corrupt; for they say that the resurrection of the dead is not to be proved out of the law: I said unto them, you have corrupted your law, and ye have not caused anything to come up into your hands, for ye say the... read more