VII. Living OT specimens; Sadducee origin from Antigonus
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VII.The splendid and living specimens by which in the OT the resurrection of the dead is established are God's wondrous works recalling some from death to life: the widow of Sarepta's son by Elijah, the Shunammite's son by Elisha, and the man who revived at Elisha's bones — 1 Kings 17:22; 2 Kings 4:35 and 13:21.
One wonders that the Sadducees so obstinately denied it.The occasion of erring was taken by Sadoc from Antigonus of Socho's words: Be not like servants who serve the Lord to receive a portion; he commanded not so much by hope of reward as from love.Twisting that sentence worse, they inferred no reward of good deeds, no hope of another life — to which Paul alluded in Acts 23:6.
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VII. Luculenta & viva specimina, quibus sub V.T. resurrectio mortuorum adstruitur, sunt miranda Dei opera, quibus nonnulli e morte in vitam sunt revocati. Huc pertinent filius viduae Sareptanae ab Elia, filius Sunamitidis ab Elisaeo, & vir contactis Elisaei ossibus reviviscens, 1 Reg. 17.22; 2 Reg. 4.35 & 13.21. Mirari subit quod Sadducaei tam obstinate negaverint. Occasio errandi a Sadoco e verbis Antigoni Sochaei: ne sitis tanquam servi qui ideo Domino serviunt ut demensum accipiant; jubebat non tam spe mercedis quam ex amore. Quam sententiam in deteriorem partem rapientes inferebant nullam esse benefactorum mercedem, nullam spem alterius vitae: quorsum allusit Paulus Act. 23.v.6.