προσῆλθον, approached, but with different intent, aiming at amusement rather than deadly mischief. Jesus was of no party, and the butt of all the parties. λέγοντες, with οἱ, introduces the creed of the Sadducees; without it, what they said to Jesus. They came and said: We do not believe in the resurrection, and we will prove to you its absurdity. This is probably Mt.'s meaning. He would not think it necessary to explain the tenets of the Sadducees to Jewish readers.

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