12:27 He is not the God of the dead but of the living. 1 You are badly mistaken!”
Mark 16:11
16:11 And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.
Mark 5:23
5:23 He asked him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.”
1 snHe is not God of the dead but of the living. Jesus’ point was that if God could identify himself as God of the three old patriarchs, then they must still be alive when God spoke to Moses; and so they must be raised.