Matthew 22:29-30

[29] Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. [30] For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor but as the angels of God in heaven.

What is the context of Matthew 22:29-30?

Discussion about Resurrection (Matthew 22:23-33 true)
The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection? (Matthew 22:23-33 true)
A Question About Marriage and the Resurrection (Matthew 22:23-33 true)
Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection (Matthew 22:23-33 true)
Marriage at the Resurrection .( P .) (Matthew 22:23-33 true)
A Question about the Resurrection (Matthew 22:23-33 true)
The Sadducees and the Resurrection (Matthew 22:23-33 true)
Jesus Answers the Sadducees (Matthew 22:23-46 true)

What does Matthew 22:29-30 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The Sadducees did not understand the Scriptures because the Scriptures taught resurrection (e.g, Psalm 16; et al.). They did not understand God"s power because they assumed life after resurrection, in heaven, would be the same as it is now. They assumed that the resurrection would just involve an awakening, not a transformation. God is able to raise people to a form of existence unlike what we experience now (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:35-49).

In the resurrection form of existence, sexual relationships will be different from what they are now. Jesus was speaking of the resurrection life, not a particular resurrection event, as is clear from the Greek preposition en ("in," Matthew 22:30, not "at," NIV). Marriage relationships as we now know them will not exist after our resurrection. Jesus" reference to the angels was an additional correction of their theology since the Sadducees also denied the existence of angels ( Acts 23:8).

Jesus did not say that in the resurrection state all memory of our former existence and relationships will end. This is a conclusion some interpreters have drawn without warrant. Neither did He say that we will become angels. We will not be. We will be like the angels.

"The greatness of the changes at the Resurrection (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:44; Philippians 3:21; 1 John 3:1-2) will doubtless make the wife of even seven brothers ( Matthew 22:24-27) capable of loving all and the object of the love of all-as a good mother today loves all her children and is loved by them." ^[1]