The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. So too the second and third, down to the seventh. After them all, the woman died. In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.” But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
This account is also found in Mark 12:18-27 and Luke 20:27-38.
The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection — their question reflected this belief by attempting to mock it. They only accepted the Torah (Genesis to Deuteronomy).
"The Sadducees were Nationalists and did not believe in angels or any invisible powers, nor in the resurrection. Their main dispute with the Pharisees was as to whether the oral tradition was binding. The Pharisees held it of equal value with the written law; the Sadducees said that everything not written might be rejected or was at least open to question. They considered the doctrine of the resurrection a mere matter of pious opinion. They said the doctrine was without authority in the written law, especially since, in their opinion, the prophets were not of equal value with the Pentateuch. Christ showed that those who professed reverence for the law and showed their respect for it by quoting it on this occasion were really ignorant of what the law taught. Jesus quoted what God had said to Moses: 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' (Matthew 22:32). The force of Christ’s argument turned on the present tense of the verb 'I am.' God should have said, 'I was,' if Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, and were now dead, and there was no resurrection. But since God said, 'I am' the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, He was testifying to their existence and the ultimate resurrection of their bodies. There could be no doubt but that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died physically when God spoke these words to Moses. But God's words indicated that they were alive and that there would be a bodily resurrection. Christ not only affirmed the fact of resurrection but indicated something of the nature of life in resurrection when He said, 'People will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven' (Matthew 22:30). This statement was designed to refute the false concept of the Sadducees concerning the nature of life in resurrection that led them to repudiate the doctrine." (Pentecost)
Moses said - (Deut 25:5) — If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband’s brother shall go in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection — their question reflected this belief by attempting to mock it. They only accepted the Torah (Genesis to Deuteronomy).
"The Sadducees were Nationalists and did not believe in angels or any invisible powers, nor in the resurrection. Their main dispute with the Pharisees was as to whether the oral tradition was binding. The Pharisees held it of equal value with the written law; the Sadducees said that everything not written might be rejected or was at least open to question. They considered the doctrine of the resurrection a mere matter of pious opinion. They said the doctrine was without authority in the written law, especially since, in their opinion, the prophets were not of equal value with the Pentateuch. Christ showed that those who professed reverence for the law and showed their respect for it by quoting it on this occasion were really ignorant of what the law taught. Jesus quoted what God had said to Moses: 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' (Matthew 22:32). The force of Christ’s argument turned on the present tense of the verb 'I am.' God should have said, 'I was,' if Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, and were now dead, and there was no resurrection. But since God said, 'I am' the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, He was testifying to their existence and the ultimate resurrection of their bodies. There could be no doubt but that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died physically when God spoke these words to Moses. But God's words indicated that they were alive and that there would be a bodily resurrection. Christ not only affirmed the fact of resurrection but indicated something of the nature of life in resurrection when He said, 'People will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven' (Matthew 22:30). This statement was designed to refute the false concept of the Sadducees concerning the nature of life in resurrection that led them to repudiate the doctrine." (Pentecost)
Moses said - (Deut 25:5) — If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband’s brother shall go in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
If a man dies having no children - "The object of such a marriage law was to perpetuate the line of the dead brother and to keep his property within the family." (Ryrie)
like angels - a glorified body incapable of reproduction or destruction
like angels - a glorified body incapable of reproduction or destruction
"Christ's argument is this: In the resurrection men will not marry and women will not be given in marriage. There is no married state in that life. Thus the whole case cited is irrelevant and immaterial. Resurrected saints will be as angels who do not produce offspring." (Ryrie)
The quote in verse 32 is from Exodus 3:6.
The quote in verse 32 is from Exodus 3:6.
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