Matthew 22 · Verse 31

Matthew 22:31

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
Matthew 22:31, King James Version

Matthew 22:31 in other translations

BSBBut concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
WEBBut concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
ASVBut as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
YLT‘And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
DARBYBut concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
BBEBut about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:
WebsterBut as concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

What does Matthew 22:31 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verses 31,32. As touching, etc. That is, in proof that the dead are raised. The passage which he quotes is recorded in Ex 3:6,15. This was at the burning bush, (Mark and Luke.) Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had been long dead when Moses spoke this: Abraham 329 years, Isaac 224, and Jacob 198. Yet God spoke then as being still their God. They must, therefore, be still somewhere living; for God is not the God of the dead--i. e., it is absurd to say that God rules over those who are extinct or annihilated--but he is the God only of those who have an existence. Luke adds, "All live unto him." That is, all the righteous dead; all of whom he can be properly called their God, live unto his glory. This passage does not prove directly that the dead body would be raised, but only by consequence. It proves that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had an existence then, or that their souls were alive, This the Sadducees denied, Acts 23:8. And this was the main point in dispute. If this was admitted--if there was a state of rewards and punishments--then it would easily follow that the bodies of the dead would be raised.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 31 Have ye not read - This quotation is taken from Exo 3:6, Exo 3:16; and as the five books of Moses were the only part of Scripture which the Sadducees acknowledged as Divine, our Lord, by confuting them from those books, proved the second part of his assertion, "Ye are ignorant of those very scriptures which ye profess to hold sacred."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 22:23-33

The doctrines of Christ displeased the infidel Sadducees, as well as the Pharisees and Herodians. He carried the great truths of the resurrection and a future state, further than they had yet been reveled. There is no arguing from the state of things in this world, as to what will take place hereafter. Let truth be set in a clear light, and it appears in full strength. Having thus silenced them, our Lord proceeded…

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Matthew 22:31 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

περὶperiConcerningG4012
δὲdenowG1161
τῆςtēstheG3588
ἀναστάσεωςanastaseōsresurrectionG386
τῶνtōnof theG3588
νεκρῶνnekrōndeadG3498
οὐκouksurelyG3756
ἀνέγνωτεanegnōteyou have readG314
τὸtothat whichG3588
ῥηθὲνrhēthenhas been spokenG2046
ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771
ὑπὸhupobyG5259
τοῦtou<the>G3588
θεοῦtheouGodG2316
λέγοντος·legontossaying;G3004

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 22:31

  • Matthew 21:16

    And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

  • Matthew 12:3

    But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
have.
9:13; 12:3,7; 21:16,42

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Matthew 22:30

    For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

  • Matthew 22:31

    But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

  • Matthew 22:32

    I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

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Matthew 22:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y de la resurrección de los muertos, ¿no habéis leído lo que os es dicho por Dios, que dice:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et quant à la résurrection des morts, n’avez-vous pas lu ce qui vous est dit par Dieu, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Was aber die Auferstehung der Toten betrifft-habt ihr nicht gelesen, was zu euch geredet ist von Gott, der da spricht:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		De resurrectione autem mortuorum non legistis quod dictum est a Deo dicente vobis: