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Mat 22:30. Οὔτε γαμοῦσιν, neither marry) sc. men-οὔτε ἐκγαμίζονται, nor are given in marriage) sc. women; cf. Mat 22:25.-ὡς ἄγγελοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, as the angels of God) The absurdity which the Sadducees supposed would apply to the righteous rather than the unrighteous, as no one could imagine that the unrighteous would enjoy the blessing of marriage. Our Lord therefore replies only concerning the righteous. The righteous will then be in the same condition as the angels of God,[964] without wedlock, meat and drink, etc. Elsewhere it is said that those who obtain the life to come, will be like God: but, since God has one Son and many sons, in this passage, where there is question concerning begetting, it is said that they will be as angels; and simultaneously the existence of angels also is defended against the Sadducees who ignored it.-εἰαὶ, are) sc. both men and women.
[964] The unrighteous will be in the same condition as the sinful and fallen angels.-V. g.