12:25
The Sadducees assumed that the resurrection was a mere continuation of this life, in particular that marriage will continue to exist as it does in this life. In 1 Cor 15 Paul makes clear that life will be very different, we die mortal, but will be raised immortal (1 Cor 15:53,54). Here Jesus points out that we will be like the angels. This does not mean we will be angels, but that we will be like them in the sense that marriage is no longer a thing.
12:26
Jesus does not leave things there. He now “puts the knife in”, as He often did. The Sadducees claimed to hold to the Book of Moses (the first five books of the Old Testament), but Jesus shows that these very books proclaim the resurrection. “Have you not read in the Book of Moses”, Jesus is now mocking the Sadducees. He refers to the incident of God meeting Moses in the burning bush, where God declares Himself to be “the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”.
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