Or, when He says, “In the resurrection, they neither marry nor are given in marriage,” He referred to what He had said, “Ye know not the power of God;” but when He proceeded, “I am the God of Abraham, &c.” to that “Ye know not the Scriptures.”
And thus ought we to do; to cavillers first to set forth Scripture authority on any question, and then to shew the grounds of reason; but to those who ask out of ignorance to shew first the reason, and then the authority. For cavillers ought to be refuted, enquirers taught. To these then who put their question in ignorance, He first shews the reason, saying, “In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage.”
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
