. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . o raise up families to take their that land all live forever, like the angels of as to the resurrection, the rising from the dead,have you not read the words that God spoke to Mosesat the burning bush? I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac,and the God of Jacob. Now God is not the God of dead men, but of livingmen. For in the sight of God all men are alive, evenafter they have died on earth. While Jesus was answering these questions—thatof the rulers of the Temple about his right to drive outthose that were buying and sell
. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . o raise up families to take their that land all live forever, like the angels of as to the resurrection, the rising from the dead,have you not read the words that God spoke to Mosesat the burning bush? I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac,and the God of Jacob. Now God is not the God of dead men, but of livingmen. For in the sight of God all men are alive, evenafter they have died on earth. While Jesus was answering these questions—thatof the rulers of the Temple about his right to drive outthose that were buying and selling; that of the Phariseesabout the paying of taxes; and that of the Sadducees 383 Z\)t ©Homan tuitfj ^eben 5?us1)ant)£( about the resurrection, the rising from the dead—thepeople were standing around, Hstening. Although therukus were enemies of Jesus, the common people werefriendly, and heard him gladly. They saw how readyand how apt his answers were, and they were greatlypleased to find the enemies of Jesus put to confusionbefore The tomb of David as shown to-day in Jerusalem 384 2Ci)^ (greatesit of ^11 tfje Commanbments CHAPTER 79 WHILE JESUS was talking in the Temple andanswering all these questions, a teacher of thelaw was standing near and listening. He sawhow well Jesus answered all the questions put to him,and coming up to him, said: ^ Teacher, what commandment stands first of all? We might suppose that he was speaking of the TenCommandments and asking which of these is the mostimportant. But that was not his purpose. He wasthinking, not of the commandments given by God, butof the rules made by the scribes. One teacher wouldsay that the rules about keeping the Sabbath were thegreatest, another that the rules about washing were first;and so on, each scribe or teacher laying stress on oneset of rules above another. Jesus looked upon all theselittle laws made by men as of no importance; and thiswas his answer to the scribe who had asked the question: The first
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