Matthew 22:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

The same day the Sadduces came to him (which say that there is no resurrection) and asked him,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ Σαδδουκαῖοι, οἵ λέγοντες μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν, καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν,

Transliteration

In ekeinē the hēmera prosēlthon to him Saddoukaioi, those legontes not einai anastasin, and epērōtēsan him,

Grammar Details

• *ekeinē*: dative, feminine, singular - that
• *hēmera*: dative, feminine, singular - day
• *prosēlthon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they came to/approached
• *Saddoukaioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - Sadducees
• *legontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - saying
• *einai*: present active infinitive - to be/exist
• *anastasin*: accusative, feminine, singular - resurrection
• *epērōtēsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they questioned/asked

Word Meanings

• *ekeinē*: that/same
• *prosēlthon*: they came to/approached/came near
• *legontes*: saying/declaring/teaching
• *anastasin*: resurrection/rising up from death
• *epērōtēsan*: they questioned/asked/inquired of

Referenced Verses

• Matt 3:7 : 7 Now when he sawe many of the Pharises, and of the Sadduces come to his baptisme, he said vnto them, O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the anger to come?
• Acts 4:1 : 1 And as they spake vnto the people, the Priestes and the Captaine of the Temple, and the Sadduces came vpon them,
• Acts 5:17 : 17 Then the chiefe Priest rose vp, and all they that were with him (which was the sect of the Sadduces) and were full of indignation,
• Mark 12:18-27 : 18 Then came the Sadduces vnto him, (which say, there is no resurrection) & they asked him, saying, 19 Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother die, and leaue his wife, and leaue no children, that his brother should take his wife, and rayse vp seede vnto his brother. 20 There were seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and when he died, left no issue. 21 Then the seconde tooke her, and he died, neither did he yet leaue issue, & the third likewise: 22 So those seuen had her, and left no yssue: last of all the wife died also. 23 In the resurrection then, when they shall rise againe, whose wife shall she be of them? For seuen had her to wife. 24 Then Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Are ye not therefore deceiued, because ye knowe not the Scriptures, neither the power of God? 25 For when they shall rise againe from the dead, neither men marry, nor wiues are married, but are as the Angels which are in heauen. 26 And as touching the dead, that they shall rise againe, haue ye not read in the booke of Moses, howe in the bush God spake vnto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob? 27 God is not ye God of the dead, but the God of the liuing. Ye are therefore greatly deceiued.
• Luke 20:27-40 : 27 Then came to him certaine of the Sadduces (which denie that there is any resurrection) and they asked him, 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother die hauing a wife, and hee die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise vp seede vnto his brother. 29 Now there were seuen brethren, & the first tooke a wife, and he dyed without children. 30 And the second tooke the wife, and he dyed childelesse. 31 Then the third tooke her: and so likewise the seuen dyed, and left no children. 32 And last of all the woman dyed also. 33 Therefore at the resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be? For seuen had her to wife. 34 Then Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, The children of this world marry wiues, and are married. 35 But they which shalbe counted worthy to enioy that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry wiues, neither are married. 36 For they can die no more, forasmuch as they are equall vnto the Angels, & are the sonnes of God, since they are the children of the resurrection. 37 And that the dead shall rise againe, euen Moses shewed it besides the bush, when he said, The Lord is the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob. 38 For he is not the God of the dead, but of them which liue: for all liue vnto him. 39 Then certaine of the Scribes answered, and sayd, Master, thou hast well sayd. 40 And after that, durst they not aske him any thing at all.
• Matt 16:6 : 6 Then Iesus said vnto them, Take heede and beware of the leauen of the Pharises & Sadduces.
• Acts 23:6-8 : 6 But when Paul perceiued that the one part were of the Sadduces, and the other of the Pharises, hee cried in the Council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharise, the sonne of a Pharise: I am accused of the hope and resurrection of the dead. 7 And when hee had saide this, there was a dissension betweene the Pharises and the Sadduces, so that the multitude was deuided. 8 For the Sadduces say that there is no resurrection, neither Angel, nor spirit: but the Pharises confesse both.
• 1 Cor 15:12-14 : 12 Now if it be preached, that Christ is risen from the dead, how say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 For if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vaine, and your faith is also vaine.
• 2 Tim 2:18 : 18 Which as concerning ye trueth haue erred from the marke, saying that the resurrection is past alreadie, and do destroy the faith of certaine.