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MATTHEW 22:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 22:31Matt 22:33
“I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching. The crowd's astonishment at Jesus' Scripture-argument against the Sadducees communicates the brilliance of the response: using the Pentateuch against those who accepted only the Pentateuch to prove the resurrection that they denied.

Church Fathers on Matthew 22:32

The disciples of the Pharisees with the Herodians being thus confuted, the Sadducees next offer themselves, whereas the overthrow of those before them ought to have kept them back. But presumption is shameless, stubborn, and ready to attempt things impossible. So the Evangelist, wondering at their folly, expresses this saying, 'The same day came to him the Sadducees.'

Chrysostom · 4th century

As soon as the Pharisees were gone, came the Sadducees; perhaps with like intent, for there was a strife among them who should be the first to seize Him. Or if by argument they should not be able to overcome Him, they might at least by perseverance wear out His understanding.

Pseudo-Chrysostom · 5th century

There were two sects among the Jews, the Pharisees and the Sadducees; the Pharisees pretended to the righteousness of traditions and observances, whence they were called by the people 'separate.' The Sadducees (the word is interpreted 'righteous') also passed themselves for what they were not; and whereas the first believed the resurrection of body and soul, and confessed both Angel and spirit, these, according to the Acts of the Apostles [marg. note: Acts 23:8], denied them…

Jerome · 4th century
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