Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 22:25
Now there were with us seven brethren — This story seems to have been a kind of common — place objection, which no doubt they brought upon all occasions.
Now there were with us seven brethren — This story seems to have been a kind of common — place objection, which no doubt they brought upon all occasions.
Verse Matthew 22:25. _SEVEN BRETHREN_] It is very likely that the Sadducees _increased_ the number, merely to make the question the more difficult....
CONVERSATION OF JESUS WITH THE SADDUCEES RESPECTING THE RESURRECTION - See also Mark 12:18; Luke 20:27. Matthew 22:23 The same day came the Sadducees -...
10. THE PARABLE OF THE MARRIAGE FEAST. The King's Answers and His Question. CHAPTER 22 1. The Parable of the Marriage Feast. (Matthew 22:1 .) 2. The Herodians Answered. (Matthew 22:15 .) 3. The Sad...
THE QUESTION OF THE RESURRECTION LIFE (Mark 12:18 *, Luke 20:27). Mt.'s changes are mostly in the direction of simplicity. As regards the question of the Sadducees, while Leviticus 18:16;...
JOY AND JUDGMENT (Matthew 22:1-10)...
On that day the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, came to him, and questioned him. "Teacher, they said, "Moses said, 'If anyone dies without children, his brother shall marry his wif...
ISSUE. Same as "seed" in Matthew 22:24....
THE SADDUCEES TEMPT JESUS. THE CONDITION OF THE FUTURE LIFE Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-39...
ΓΉΜΑΣ replaces the unclassical γαμήσας, probably an insertion when the latter form became the usual one....
Ver 23. The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, 24. Saying, "Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his w...
_THE QUESTION ABOUT THE RESURRECTION MATTHEW 22:23-33_ : The Sadducees, that deny the resurrection, questioned Jesus about the "Levitate" law of marriage. (Deuteronomy 25:5-10) They wanted to know who...
ΉΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ быть, ΓΉΜΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΓΑΜΈΩ (G1060) жениться. "После того как он женился..." ΈΤΕΛΕΎΤΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΤΕΛΕΥΤΆΩ (G430) умирать, ΆΦΉΚΕΝ _aor. i...
MASTER, MOSES SAID, &C.— The argument by which the Sadducees endeavoured to confute the notion of a future state, was taken from the Jewish law of marriage, which, to give their objection the better c...
B. THE QUESTION OF THE RESURRECTION (Parallels: Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-39) TEXT: 22:23-33 23 On that day there came to him Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection: and they asked h...
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 12:13....
14 See Mat_20:16. 15-22 Compare Mar_12:13-17; Luk_20:20-26. 15 Fulsome flattery has proven the undoing of many men, and seldom fails to throw them off their guard. The man of God should beware off it...
PARABLES OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE KING'S SON AND THE WEDDING GARMENT 1-14. Marriage of the King's Son (peculiar to St. Matthew). Jesus concludes His discourse by reiterating in still clearer and stronge...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 22 THE STORY ABOUT THE WEDDING MEAL 22:1-14 V1 Jesus told them some more stories. V2 ‘Where God rules, it is like this’, he said. ‘A...
(23-28) THE SADDUCEES. — (See Note on Matthew 3:7.) These, we must remember, consisted largely of the upper class of the priesthood (Acts 5:17). The form of their attack implies that they looked on ou...
6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
_The Sadducaic puzzle_ (Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-38)....
παρʼ ἡμῖν : this phrase “with us,” in Matthew only, seems to turn an imaginary case into a fact (Holtz., H. C.). A fact it could hardly be. As Chrys. humorously remarks, after the second the brothers...
THE SCRIPTURES TEACH THE RESURRECTION Matthew 22:23-33 The Sadducees professed themselves to be bound by the Pentateuch, and to have searched in vain for evidences of a life beyond. They were greatly...
The first two parables contained the history of the Hebrew nation up to the slaying of the Son. This one is prophetic. It presents the sin of this people in the light of the day of grace. The King sen...
THE RESURRECTION Matthew 22:23-33; Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-40. “And certain ones of the Sadducees coming to Him, who deny that there is a resurrection, interrogated Him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote...
"The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, (24) Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, an...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
In chapter 22, their conduct with respect to the invitations of grace is presented in its turn. The parable is therefore a similitude of the kingdom of heaven. The purpose of God is to honour His Son...
NOW THERE WERE WITH US SEVEN BRETHREN,.... That is, there was in the city, town or neighbourhood, where these Sadducees dwelt, probably at Jerusalem, a family, in which were seven sons, all brethren b...
Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Ver. 25. _When he had married a wife, deceased_] Thus...
_Master, Moses said, If a man die_, &c. “The argument by which the Sadducees endeavoured to confute the notion of a future state was taken from the Jewish law of marriage, which, to give their objecti...
NOW THERE WERE WITH US SEVEN BRETHREN; AND THE FIRST, WHEN HE HAD MARRIED A WIFE, DECEASED, AND, HAVING NO ISSUE, LEFT HIS WIFE UNTO HIS BROTHER;...
THE QUESTION OF THE SADDUCEES....
The parable of Chapter 21 has shown Israel as under law, responsible to return to God some results of the blessing with which He had entrusted them. Under responsibility they had not only failed, but...
23-33 The doctrines of Christ displeased the infidel Sadducees, as well as the Pharisees and Herodians. He carried the great truths of the resurrection and a future state, further than they had yet b...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 22:28"....
Matthew 22:25 Now G1161 were G2258 (G5713) with G3844 us G2254 seven G2033 brothers G80 G2532 first...
“Now there were with us seven brothers, and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife to his brother, in like manner the second also, and the third, to the seventh, and after th...
JESUS CONFIRMS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE RESURRECTION AND THE SECONDARY NATURE OF MARRIAGE (22:23-33). Jesus was now faced with the Sadducees. The Sadducees were mainly of the ruling parties and included th...
The defeated and embittered Pharisees send the Herodians to ensnare our Lord with a political question. The reply sends them away in astonishment (Matthew 22:15-21). The Sadducees now appear with a fl...
Matthew 22:25. THERE WERE WITH US. Probably a purely fictitious case, notwithstanding this statement....
CONTENTS: Parable of the marriage feast. Jesus' answer to the Herodians. Sadducees and Pharisees. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, lawyer. CONCLUSION: The gospel call bids all to the great marriage feast. Som...
Matthew 22:2. _The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son._ The marriage of the heir apparent, giving stability to the throne, protection to the subject, and g...
25-28. THERE WERE SEVEN BROTHERS. This is a "made up" story which they think will make the "rising from death" look like a foolish idea....
_For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage._ THE JOYS OF HEAVEN The Gauls, an ancient people of France, after they had once tasted of the sweet wine of the grapes that gre...
RELIGIOUS LEADERS QUESTION JESUS ABOUT THE RESURRECTION MATTHEW 22:23-33; MARK 12:18-27; LUKE 20:27-40; MATTHEW 22:23 The s
CHAPTER 22 _And Jesus answered_, &c., refuting the incredulity of the Scribes. The meaning is: it is the same in the kingdom of Heaven, _i.e._, in the Church militant here on earth, as if a king made...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 22:23. THE SADDUCEES.—The article is properly omitted in the R.V. See note on Matthew 3:7. That the Pharisees had an understanding with them also seems likely from what is sai...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 22:1 _Parable of the marriage of the king_'_s son. _(Peculiar to St. Matthew.) MATTHEW 22:1 JESUS ANSWERED AND SPAKE UNTO THEM. After they had heard our Lord's words at the end...
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables (Matthew 22:1), Now He is still there, and He is laying on them these parables. And He said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king...
Hebrews 9:27; Luke 20:29; Mark 12:19...