VER.27— 40. ST. LUKE. 667 again,thereisno more necessityformarriage; asitfollows, And are thechildrenof God. THEOPHYL. As ifHe said, BecauseitisGod who workethin the resurrection,rightly aretheycalledthe sous of God, who are regeneratedby theresurrection.For thereisnothingcarnalseen in the regenerationofthem thatriseagain,thereisneithercoming together,nor the womb, nor birth.BEDE. Or they are equalto the angels,and the childrenof God, becausemade newby the gloryof the resurrection,withno fearof death, withno spotof corruption,with no qualityof an earthly condition,they rejoicein the perpetualbeholdingof God's presence. ORIGEN.But becausethe Lord saysin Matthew, which ishereomitted,Ye do err,not knowingthe Scriptures,I Matt. askthequestion,where isitso written,They shallneither22,29. marry,nor be givenin marriage? foras I conceivethereis no suchthingto be found eitherinthe Old or New Testa ment,but the whole of theirerrorhad creptin from the readingof the Scriptureswithoutunderstanding;foritis saidin Esaias,My electshallnothavechildrenfor a curse.isai. Whence theysupposethatthelikewillhappenintheresur-65,23' rection.But Paulinterpretingalltheseblessingsasspiritual, knowingthem not to be carnal,saysto the Ephesians,Ye Eph.l,3. iiu'rblessedus in allspiritualblessings.THEOPHYL. Or to thereasonabove given the Lord added the testimonyof Scripture,Now thatthedead areraised,Moses alsoshewedExod.3,r,. atthebush,as the Lord saith,/ am the God of Abraham, theGod ofIsaac,and the Ood of Jacob. As ifHe said,If thepatriarchshave once returnedto nothingso as not to livewith God in the hope of a resurrection,he would not havesaid,I am, but,I was,forwe areaccustomedto speak ofthingsdead and gone thus,I was the Lord or Master of sucha thing; but now thatHe said,/ am, He shews that He istheGod and Lord ofthe living.Thisiswhat follows, ButHe isnota God of thedead,but of theliving:for all lireuntoHim. For thoughtheyhavedepartedfromlife,yet livetheywithHim inthehopeofa resurrection.BEDE. Or He saysthis,thatafterhavingprovedthatthe soulsabide afterdeath,(whichthe Sadduceesdenied,)He might next introducetheresurrectionalsoofthe bodies,whichtogether