And all the seven had no seed. Last of all the woman herself came to her death.

for they all married her. Jesus answered them, don't you see you are in a mistake, by being unacquainted with the scriptures, as well as with the power of God?

But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

And Jesus, having seen him that he answered with understanding, said to him, 'Thou art not far from the reign of God;' and no one any more durst question him.

As Jesus was teaching in the Temple, He responded [to some Pharisees. See Matt. 22:41] by asking, "How is it that the experts in the law of Moses can say that the Christ is the son of David?

In the course of his teaching, Jesus said: "See that you are on your guard against the Teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and to be greeted in the streets with respect,

And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!

And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

And Jesus began to say to them, “See to it that no one misleads you.

See to yourselves! They will betray you to courts of law; and you will be taken to Synagogues and beaten; and you will be brought up before governors and kings for my sake, that you may bear witness before them.

But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it:

But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.

the stars will be seen falling from the firmament, and the forces which are in the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.

And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

Although the sky and the earth will pass away [See II Pet. 3:10], my words will not pass away [i.e., they will certainly come true].

See that you are on the watch; for you do not know when the time will be.

For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

But some [of the disciples. See Matt. 26:8] were upset among themselves, saying, "What is the reason for wasting this perfume?

As they reclined at the table to eat, [Note: See Matt. 23:6] Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, one of you will turn me over [i.e., to the Jewish leaders]; [it is the one] who is eating with me."

And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.

Get up, let us be going; see, he who gives me up is near.

now he that betrayed him, had given them this signal, you will see me salute one with a kiss, that's he: seize him, and don't let him escape.

But a certain disciple that was standing nearby [i.e., Peter. See John 18:10] drew his sword and struck the head priest's servant [i.e., Malchus. See John 18:10], shearing off his ear.

Then two people [See Matt. 26:60] stood up and gave false testimony against Him, saying,

And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

Ye have heard the blasphemy. What does it seem to you? And they all condemned him to be deserving of death.

Now when Peter was in the courtyard downstairs [i.e., from where the Sanhedrin was having its meeting. See verse 55], one of the head priest's servant girls came in,

And having seen Peter warming himself, having looked at him, she says, Thou also were with Jesus of Nazareth.

And the servant girl having seen him, she began again to say to those who stood by, This man is from them.

But again he denied it. Then after a little while those standing nearby said to Peter again, "We know for sure that you are one of them because you are from Galilee." [Note: Peter's accent gave him away. See Matt. 26:73].

And Pilate again put a question, Do you say nothing in answer? see how much evil they say you have done.

"See, how many accusations they are making." But Jesus no longer made any answer, at which Pilate wondered.

For he could see that it was out of sheer spite that the High Priests had handed Him over.

And they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves [by] casting lots for them [to see] who should take what.

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.

And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.

Then Jesus spoke in a loud voice and gave up His spirit [to God. See Luke 23:46].

and the centurion who was standing over-against him, having seen that, having so cried out, he yielded the spirit, said, 'Truly this man was Son of God.'

And there were also some women watching all this from a distance. Among them were Mary from Magdala; Mary the mother of the younger James and [his brother] Joseph [i.e., probably the wife of Clopas. See John 19:25]; and Salome [i.e., the mother of James and John and wife of Zebedee. See Matt. 27:56].

Joseph of Arimathaea came, a highly respected member of the Council, who himself also was living in expectation of the Kingdom of God. He summoned up courage to go in to see Pilate and beg for the body of Jesus.

And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

And Mary of Magdala and Mary, Joses' mother, were looking on to see where He was put.

Now when the Sabbath day was over [i.e., after sunset on Saturday evening], Mary from Magdala; Mary the mother of James [i.e., the "other Mary" of Matt. 28:1, who was probably Jesus' mother. See Matt. 27:56]; and Salome [i.e., the mother of James and John and wife of Zebedee. See Matt. 27:56], bought spices [i.e., consisting of aloes and other aromatic perfumes] in order to apply them to His body [i.e., as a means of embalming].

And when they looked, they see that the stone has been rolled away, for it was very great.

And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you.

And they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it.

And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.

And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.

And these [miraculous] signs will attend [the conversion of] those who believe. [Note: This refers to the supernatural miracles performed by the apostles and their associates during the apostolic age. See verse

they will pick up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them;[note: see Wallace, Exegetical Syntax, 403?6, whether promise or prediction] they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

And the apostles [See verses 14-15] went out and preached everywhere. The Lord worked with them and confirmed the message [i.e., verified that it was true] by means of the [miraculous] signs which accompanied their ministry. May it be so.