Matthew 22:23-33
Three groups were asking questions. They were trying to trick
Jesus into saying something that was wrong or they could have him killed. These
groups were a combined group of religious leaders from the Council. They
asked the first question (Mat_21:23-27);
The next group were the Pharisees and Herodians combined (Mat_22:15-22);
The last group were the Sadducees. We are talking about this group today.
Who are these people that are
asking the questions?
The
Sadducees: During the time of Christ
and the New Testament era, the Sadducees were aristocrats. They tended to be
wealthy and held powerful positions, including that of chief priests and high
priest, and they held the majority of the 70 seats of the ruling council called
the Sanhedrin. They believed only in the Pentateuch and they did not believe in
resurrection.
The
Pharisees: In contrast to the
Sadducees, the Pharisees were mostly middle-class businessmen, and therefore
were in contact with the common man. The Pharisees were held in much higher
esteem by the common man than the Sadducees. Though they were a minority in the
Sanhedrin but made most of the decision because the people could associate with
them more than the elite Sadducees.
What is the Sanhedrin? The Great Sanhedrin was the supreme court of ancient Israel, made up of 70 men and the high priest. In the Second Temple period. Basically they were the religious governing leaders.
Mat 22:23 On that day some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection)
came to Jesus and questioned Him, Mat 22:24
asking, "Teacher, Moses said, 'IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS
BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE, AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS
BROTHER.' Mat 22:25 "Now there were seven
brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left
his wife to his brother; Mat 22:26 so also the
second, and the third, down to the seventh. Mat 22:27
"Last of all, the woman died. Mat 22:28
"In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For
they all had married her." What is the Sanhedrin? The Great Sanhedrin was the supreme court of ancient Israel, made up of 70 men and the high priest. In the Second Temple period. Basically they were the religious governing leaders.
As stated above the Sadducees
only believed in the Pentateuch, first five books of the bible. This question
was derived from Deu_25:5-6.
Mat 22:29 But Jesus answered
and said to them, "You are mistaken, not
understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. Mat 22:30 "For in the
resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels
in heaven. Mat 22:31 "But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you
not read what was spoken to you by God: Mat
22:32 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF
ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the
living." Mat 22:33 When the crowds
heard this, they were astonished at His
teaching.
First off the Sadducees thought if we were resurrected we
would be as we are now. Jesus clarified that by stating we would be like the
angels and male female relations would not be there. He did not say we would
not know each other just that we will not have a human body. They also could not shift from time based beings to eternal beings.
Jesus demonstrates the reality of the resurrection using
only the Torah. If Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob did not live on in
resurrection, then God would say that He was the God of Abraham, instead of I am the God of
Abraham. In other words they are not dead.
Agape
Dave
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