John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 22:28 - 22:28

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John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 22:28 - 22:28


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Mat 22:28. Τίνος, whose) She will, say they, be the wife either of all or of one: but none of them has a superior claim to the rest. Jesus answers (Mat 22:30) she will be the wife of none. The Pharisees also had divided and opposed those things which are Cæsar’s, and those which are God’s: He who is the Truth, affirms both in His reply to them: to the Sadducees He denies both. Earthly wisdom frequently precipitates itself into absurdity from an imperfect enumeration, even in an easy matter, of parts, not one of which escapes heavenly wisdom.-μὴ εἰδότες, κ.τ.λ., not knowing, etc.) This twofold ignorance is the mother of almost all errors. The resurrection of the dead rests on the power of God: and the belief in the resurrection rests on the Scriptures. Jesus refutes their first and fundamental error (πρῶτον ψεῦδος): which they did not suppose themselves to labour under at all. He first answers the argument by which they opposed the truth: then He proves the truth itself.-τὰς γραφὰς, the Scriptures) which clearly look to a future life; see Mat 22:31-32. The Sadducees did not understand Moses: they did not receive the prophets who explain Moses.-τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ Θεου, the power of God) The power of God will make man equal to the angels; see Mat 22:30. To be ignorant of God and His perfections is the fountain of error; see 1Co 15:34 [Rom 4:17, E. B.]