Mark 12:18 (GNV)

Passage

Then came the Sadduces vnto him, (which say, there is no resurrection) and they asked him, saying,

Nearby Context

Mark 12:16 So they brought it, and he said vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription? and they said vnto him, Cesars.

Mark 12:17 Then Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Giue to Cesar the things that are Cesars, and to God, those that are Gods: and they marueiled at him.

Mark 12:18 Then came the Sadduces vnto him, (which say, there is no resurrection) and they asked him, saying,

Mark 12:19 Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother die, and leaue his wife, and leaue no children, that his brother should take his wife, and rayse vp seede vnto his brother.

Mark 12:20 There were seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and when he died, left no issue.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "sadduces", "vnto", "resurrection", "asked", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "sadduces", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "Then Iesus answered and saide vnto them..." into verse 19's "Master Moses wrote vnto vs If any...", so "came" and "sadduces" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "came" and "sadduces" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.