Have you never read this Scripture [Psa. 118:22- 23], ‘The building block rejected by the builders is the same [one] that was made the principal stone by which the entire building was aligned.
Mark 12:26 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) But concerning those who are raised from the dead, have you never read in the book of Moses, in the incident about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying [Ex. 3:6], ‘I am Abraham’s God, and Isaac’s God, and Jacob’s God?’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But concerning the dead being raised–have you not read in the book of Moses, [in the passage] about the [burning] bush, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? [Exod. 3:2-6.] American Standard Version (1901) But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in the place concerning the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? Common English Bible As for the resurrection from the dead, haven’t you read in the scroll from Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to Moses,I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? Catholic Public Domain Version But concerning the dead who rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him from the bush, saying: 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And as concerning the dead that they rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? |
Have you never read this Scripture [Psa. 118:22- 23], ‘The building block rejected by the builders is the same [one] that was made the principal stone by which the entire building was aligned.
For when people rise from the dead, men do not get married, and women are not given away in marriage, but [all] are like angels in heaven.
But even Moses showed that dead people would be raised in the incident about the bush [Ex. 3:6], where he called the Lord, ‘Abraham’s God, and Isaac’s God, and Jacob’s God.’
Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not ascended to the Father yet [Note: Apparently Jesus was discouraging Mary from embracing Him in worship as was done in Matt. 28:9, and thereby causing a delay of when the rest of the disciples would learn of His resurrection], but go to my brothers and tell them [I said] ‘I am [about] to ascend to my Father and to your Father, and to my God and your God.’”
God did not reject His people whom He knew previously. Or, do you not know what the Scriptures say in the passage where Elijah pleads with God against Israel?