SEV Biblia, Chapter 22:23
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Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:23
Verse 23. The same day] Malice is ever active; let it be defeated ever so often, it returns to the charge. Jesus and his Gospel give no quarter to vice; the vicious will give no quarter to him or it. The Sadducees] For an account of these see on chap. xvi. 1.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 23. The same day came to him the Sadducees , &] Quickly after the Pharisees and Herodians had left him; and which shows, that the Herodians and Sadducees were not the same; but that the Sadducees were a distinct sect, both from the Pharisees and the Herodians. These understanding that the former had not succeeded, came with a knotty question, with which they had often puzzled the Pharisees, and hoped they should nonplus Christ with it, showing the absurdity of the doctrine of the resurrection, an article which they denied; as it follows, which say, that there is no resurrection of the dead : they denied that there were angels and spirits, and the immortality of the soul; they affirmed, that the soul died with the body, and that there was no future state: the rise of this sect, and of these notions of theirs, was this, as the Jews relate f1182 . Antigonus, a man of Socho, used to say, be not as servants, that serve their master on account of receiving a reward, but be as servants that serve their master, not on account of receiving a reward; and let the fear of heaven (God) be upon you, so that your reward may be double in the world to come: this man had two disciples, who altered his words, and taught the disciples, and the disciples their disciples, and they stood and narrowly examined them, and said, what did our fathers see, to say this thing? Is it possible, that a labourer should work all day, and not take his reward at evening? But if our fathers had known that there is another world, and that there is ytmh tyyht , a resurrection of the dead, they would not have said thus: they stood and separated from the law, and of them there were two parties, the Sadducees and Baithusites; the Sadducees on account of Sadoc, and the Baithusites on account of Baithus. The Syriac version reads, and they said and the Ethiopic version also, saying, there is no resurrection of the dead; taking the sense to be, that they at this time declared their sense of this doctrine, and according to a settled notion of theirs, affirmed before Christ, that there was no such thing; that never any was raised from the dead, nor never will; and they were desirous of entering into a controversy with him about it: and asked him ; put the following question to him, in order to expose the weakness and absurdity of such a doctrine.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 23-33 - The doctrines of Christ displeased the infidel Sadducees, as well a the Pharisees and Herodians. He carried the great truths of the resurrection and a future state, further than they had yet bee reveled. There is no arguing from the state of things in this world, a to what will take place hereafter. Let truth be set in a clear light and it appears in full strength. Having thus silenced them, our Lor proceeded to show the truth of the doctrine of the resurrection from the books of Moses. God declared to Moses that he was the God of the patriarchs, who had died long before; this shows that they were then in a state of being, capable of enjoying his favour, and proves that the doctrine of the resurrection is clearly taught in the Old Testament a well as in the New. But this doctrine was kept for a more ful revelation, after the resurrection of Christ, who was the first-fruit of them that slept. All errors arise from not knowing the Scripture and the power of God. In this world death takes away one after another and so ends all earthly hopes, joys, sorrows, and connexions. Ho wretched are those who look for nothing better beyond the grave!
Greek Textus Receptus
εν 1722 PREP εκεινη 1565 D-DSF τη 3588 T-DSF ημερα 2250 N-DSF προσηλθον 4334 5656 V-AAI-3P αυτω 846 P-DSM σαδδουκαιοι 4523 N-NPM οι 3588 T-NPM λεγοντες 3004 5723 V-PAP-NPM μη 3361 PRT-N ειναι 1511 5750 V-PXN αναστασιν 386 N-ASF και 2532 CONJ επηρωτησαν 1905 5656 V-AAI-3P αυτον 846 P-ASM
