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And last of all, the woman died. Matthew 22:27 · Berean Standard Bible
Finally, the woman herself died too. Now all eight people in the story are gone, and the Sadducees are ready to spring their big question.
This is the last piece of their puzzle. Everyone in the story has passed away, so now they can ask their 'impossible' question about the afterlife.
The Sadducees deliver the final detail of their story with a sense of dramatic buildup.
You can feel them leaning in, about to deliver what they think is the knockout blow. The setup is complete.
The woman's death completes the earthly scenario, setting up the eschatological question. All parties are now deceased, making the resurrection hypothetical fully operational.
The woman's death is necessary to place all eight individuals in the same post-mortem state, forcing the question of relational status in the afterlife.
The Sadducees deliver the final narrative detail before posing their question.
With the woman's death, the stage is set. All seven husbands and the wife are dead, and now the Sadducees believe they have created an unsolvable problem for anyone who believes in resurrection.
25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
26The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.
27And last of all, the woman died.
28In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”
29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
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