Matthew 22:29-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:31

As touching ( περι Ì ) the resurrection of the dead. Christ, in the second place, shows how these disputants were, ignorant of Scripture. They may have known the letter, they certainly knew nothing of the spirit of the Word of God, its depth and fulness. The key to the interpretation of the Scripture is faith. It is not enough to be acquainted with the literal signification; this is always inadequate, and denotes not the chief matter intended. To know the Scripture, in the sense of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:32

I am ( ἐγω ì εἰμι ). The quotation is from Exodus 3:6 , where God gives himself this name, as the Eternal, Self-existent One. The God of Abraham … Jacob. These patriarchs had long been dead when this revelation was made; had they been annihilated, the Lord could not have called himself still their God. By this utterance he implied that he had still to do with them—had a blessing and a reward which they were to receive, and which they must be alive to enjoy. How can they who are ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:32

The God of the living. According to his wonderful custom, Jesus turns the conversation from a frivolous, unworthy course to a subject of loftiest import. The unseemly Sadducean jest ( Matthew 22:23-28 ) is rebuked, and a great thought is suggested in its stead. Our Lord utterly repudiates the notion that the resurrection will be a return to such a life as we now see on earth. But that there is a future life he distinctly teaches, and here he gives us a reason for expecting it. Let us... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:32

The so called dead are alive. "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." Having separated the idea of marriage from the conditions of the after life, our Lord took the opportunity of showing these questioners how unspiritual they were, and how unspiritual was their reading and rendering of Holy Scripture. They could see only the surface; they could not discern meanings and suggestions. When God said he was the "God of Abraham," something was involved in the saying. For the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:33

They were astonished at his doctrine. The multitudes were amazed, not only at an interpretation which was entirely new to them, and which opened to them some of the depths of that Scripture of which they had been taught and knew only the letter; but because Christ showed that he looked into men's hearts, saw what was the motive and cause of their opinions, and, in explaining difficulties, unfolded eternal truths. The Sadducees, thus answered in the presence of the listening crowds, attempted... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 22:23-33

Conversation of Jesus with the Sadducees respecting the resurrection - See also Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-38.Matthew 22:23The same day came the Sadducees - For an account of the Sadducees, see the notes at Matthew 3:7.No resurrection - The word “resurrection” usually means the raising up the “body” to life after it is dead, John 11:24; John 5:29; 1 Corinthians 15:22. But the Sadducees not only denied this, but also a future state, and the separate existence of the soul after death altogether,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:29-30

Matthew 22:29-30. Jesus answered, Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures Which plainly assert a future state; nor the power of God Who created spirit as well as matter, and can preserve it in existence when the body is dissolved, and can also raise the body from the dust and render it immortal; and who can make the whole man completely happy in the knowledge, love, and enjoyment of himself, without any of the pleasures or objects of this visible and temporal world. For in the resurrection... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:31-32

Matthew 22:31-32. But as touching the resurrection of the dead Or the future state, (see on Matthew 22:23,) have ye not read that which was spoken by God Namely, in the books of Moses, for which the Sadducees had a peculiar value; but which Christ here shows they did not understand; but were as ignorant of them as they were of the power of God. They had drawn their objection to a future state from the writings of Moses; and from those writings Christ demonstrates the certainty of a future... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:33

Matthew 22:33. And when the multitude Which was present in the temple at the time; heard this This unthought-of, and yet convincing argument, together with so complete an answer to a cavil in which the Sadducees were wont to triumph as invincible; they were astonished at his doctrine At the clearness and solidity of his reasoning, and the manifest confutation of a sect whose principles they considered as fundamentally erroneous, and subversive of all piety and virtue. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:23-33

126. Marriage and the resurrection (Matthew 22:23-33; Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-40)Next a group of Sadducees came to Jesus with a question. According to the law of Moses, if a man died childless, his brother was to have a temporary marital relationship with the widow for the purpose of producing an heir (Deuteronomy 25:5-6). The question put by the Sadducees concerned an unlikely situation where a widow would meet seven husbands, all brothers, in the resurrection. Since Sadducees did not... read more

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