Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
- KJV Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
- NKJV Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,
- NASB Now some of the Sadducees (who maintain that there is no resurrection) came to Him,
- NLT Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead.
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Quick answer
The Sadducees, who denied any resurrection, now approach Jesus to test Him.
Overview
The Sadducees were a priestly party who accepted only the five books of Moses and rejected belief in resurrection, angels, and spirits. Their question is not sincere inquiry but an attempt to make the resurrection look absurd. Jesus will answer them from the very Scriptures they claimed to honor.
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- Acts 4:1–2While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
- 1 Cor 15:12But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
- Matt 22:23–33That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
- Mark 12:18–27Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him:
- Acts 23:6–8Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
- Matt 16:1Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
- Acts 5:17Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
- 2 Tim 2:17–18and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
- Matt 16:6“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Matt 16:12Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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