The question about resurrection (Luke.20:27-38)
Answer Text: The Sadducees presented Jesus with an issue concerning the resurrection.The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection of the dead.They asked him a question to trap him from the laws of Moses in the practice of levirate marriage.In the Jewish tradition if a man dies childless, his widow would be married by his brother to bear children.They asked him a question about a woman who married seven brothers and all of them died without having a child with her.They asked him whose wife she will be at the time of resurrection.This question was designed to make Jesus look foolish thus to ashame him. Jesus responded by telling them that there is no marriage after death, they become immortal and sons of God. They are equal to angels.They applauded at him for having spoken well and they dared not ask him any more question.
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