World English Bible

Matthew 22:33

“When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.”

Verse in context — Matthew 22

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?' God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.