MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 22:31 I am the God of Abraham, and... Isaac, and... Jacob. The present tense in the quotation from Exodus 3:6 shows that God was still in covenant relationship with the patriarchs, even though they had died centuries earlier. The Sadducees should recognize God’s power to raise the patriarchs and all of God’s people to enjoy his eternal covenant in a life beyond this one.

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