Matthew 22:31-32

[31] But as touching the resurrection of the dead, not read that which by God, saying, [32] I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God not the God of the dead, but of the living.

What is the context of Matthew 22:31-32?

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 22:31-32 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Jesus returned to what Scripture teaches ( Matthew 22:29). He introduced His clarification with a customary rebuke, "Have you not read?" (cf. Matthew 21:42; et al.). The passage He cited, Exodus 3:6, came from the Pentateuch, a part of the Hebrew Bible that the Sadducees treated with great respect.

God described Himself to Moses as then being the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was still their God even though they had died hundreds of years earlier. This statement implied the continuing bodily existence of the patriarchs. The logical conclusion is that if God will fulfill His promise to continue to be the God of the patriarchs He must raise them from the dead. Thus Jesus showed that the Pentateuch, the abbreviated canon of the Sadducees, clearly implied the reality of a future resurrection.

"The argument is not linguistic: "I am the God of Abraham" would be a perfectly intelligible way for God to identify himself as the God whom Abraham worshiped long ago. The argument is based rather on the nature of God"s relationship with his human followers: the covenant by which he binds himself to them is too strong to be terminated by their death." ^[1]