Matthew 马太福音 22:23-33 — The Ignorant Unbelievers 无知的不信者

To discredit Jesus, a question was asked by the Sadducees who did not believe in the resurrection of the body.

为要玷辱耶稣,不信有复活的撒都该人便问了一个问题。

 

  1. The ignorance of God’s resurrection 对神死里复活的无知 (22:23-28)

The custom of levirate marriage had been practiced for many centuries and was recognized to be a divine provision for the preservation of tribal families. To the Sadducees it seemed the perfect means to prove the absurdity of the idea of resurrection.

夫兄弟婚的习俗已传承数世纪,并被公认是神为保存支派家族的方式。对撒都该人而言,这似乎是证明死里复活之荒谬的完美凭据。

 

  1. The ignorance of God’s power 对神大能的无知 (22:29-30)

Instead of being disgraced, Jesus pointed them to their ignorance in God’s power and God’s word. In heaven, men will be like the angels, with spiritual, glorified and eternal bodies. Why should anyone deny the resurrection because of the foolish idea that God is restricted to raising up only earthly bodies? Such a belief foolishly attacks the power of God.

耶稣不但没被玷辱,还指出了他们对神的大能与经文的无知。在天堂里,人会像天使般,有属灵、荣耀与永恒之身。为什么人竟愚昧地轻信神只能将肉体之身复活,而否定末日死里复活之事呢?这种无知实际上藐视了神的大能。

 

  1. The ignorance of God’s word 对神话语的无知 (22:31-33)

As the Sadducees only recognized the authority of the Pentateuch, hence Jesus reminded them of a statement spoken by God in the book of Exodus. Though Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were long dead, the Lord was still their God every bit as much as when they were alive, because their souls were experiencing the fellowship of His eternal presence. The present tense is used because God is not the God of the dead but of the living. If He is presently the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, then those men obviously are still alive in another realm.

由于撒都该人只认可摩西五经的权威,所以耶稣从《出埃及记》提醒他们神所说过的一句话。虽然亚伯拉罕、以撒及雅各早已死了,但主如今仍是他们的神,如同他们在世时一样,因为他们的灵魂此刻在神永恒的同在里享受团契。这里所使用的是现在时态,因为神不是死人的神,乃是活人的神。祂若如今是亚伯拉罕、以撒与雅各的神,这些人显然在另一个世界中还活着。

 
 

 

Praying the Scripture 用经文祷告

 

  1. Many people refute the truth in the Bible because of the absurdity of the truth based on their limited understanding. What about you? Do you believe everything that is said in the Bible?

许多人否认圣经的真理,因为他们有限的理解判断真理是荒谬的。你呢?你是否相信圣经所说的一切话?

 

  1. God’s power is so great that it can raise Jesus from the dead, for death has no power over Jesus. Let’s pray that the eyes of our heart will be enlightened, that we may know what is the hope to which he has called us, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe (Eph. 1:18-19).

神的能力极大,能使耶稣从死里复活,因为死对耶稣无权柄。让我们祈求神能开启我们心灵的眼睛,使我们知道祂的恩召有何等指望,祂在圣徒中得的基业有何等丰盛的荣耀,并知道祂向我们这信的人所显的能力是何等浩大(弗1:18-19)。

 

  1. The Sadducees had a wrong understanding of Scripture and hence they had a wrong idea of the resurrection. Let us pray that we will be like the Bereans, who “received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” (Acts 17:11)

撒都该人对圣经有错误的理解,所以他们也误解了复活的概念。让我们祈求自己能像庇哩亚人,因他们“甘心领受这道,天天考查圣经,要晓得这道是与不是”(使17:11)。