“ For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him. ”
See this explained in the Matthew 22:15-33 notes, and Mark 12:13-27 notes.
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all (i) live unto him. (i) That is, before him: a saying to take note of, for the godly do not die, though they die here on earth.
The Question of the Resurrection Life ( Mark 12:18-27 *, Matthew 22:23-33 *). The first peculiarity in Lk.'s account is Luke 20:34-35 a , the contrast between people in this world and those d...
the dead . dead [people], as in Luke 20:35 . App-139. the living . living [people]. live . In resurrection. See note on Matthew 9:8 . unto . by. The Dative of the Agent, as in Luke 5:21 , "...
38. For all live to him. This mode of expression is employed in various senses in Scripture; but here it means that believers, after that they have died in this world, lead a heavenly life w...
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him. All live unto him - There is a remarkable passage in Josephus's account of the Maccabees, chap. xvi., which proves that the...
For all live unto him.— It is evident that γαρ, for, must here have the force of an illative particle, and may be rendered therefore, or so that; for what it introduces is plainly the main pr...
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the gove...
Various Incidents of the Last Week 1-8. The authority of Jesus challenged ( Matthew 21:23 ; Mark 11:27 ). See on Mt.
(27-39) Then came to him certain of the Sadducees. — See Notes on Matthew 22:23-33 ; Mark 12:18-27 .
Chapter 23 THE ESCHATOLOGY OF THE GOSPEL. COIFI, in his parable to the thanes and nobles of the North Humber country, likened the present life of man to the flight of a sparrow through one of the...
the God of the Living Luke 20:27-40 Here our Lord answers the materialism of His time. He speaks with the note of absolute certainty concerning the unseen, Hebrews 11:27 . Its inhabitants do n...
This chapter records the remarkable happenings gathered around our Lord's entrance into the Temple. By a parable He revealed the awful sin and failure of the Hebrew nation, culminating in His own rej...
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die with...
ALIVE UNTO GOD ‘He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live unto Him.’ Luke 20:38 Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob live; but life, as we hold human life, is the union of body a...
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living ,.... Matthew 22:32 for all live unto him . The Persic version, reads, "all these live unto him"; namely, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for thoug...
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the...
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees These verses are explained at large, on Matthew 22:23-33 , and Mark 12:18-26 . The children of this world The inhabitants of earth; marry and are give...
AUTHORITY:FROM HEAVEN OR OF MEN? (vs.1-8) The chief priests and scribes used every means they could to discredit the Lord Jesus among the people. While He was teaching and preaching in the temple...
The Cavil of the Sadducees. 27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they ask...
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The Sadducees and the Resurrection (20:27-40). Having made two attempts the Pharisees now withdrew for the time being in order to nurse their wounds. They were deeply chagrined, but unable to do a...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 20:27 . Sadducees .—Members of the aristocratic and wealthy class, which included the higher ranks of the priesthood. It is a popular error, based on a statement of Jerome’s,...
Luke 20:38 Consider some of the consequences of the truth of this text: I. As regards the body. In heaven's language i.e. in the real truth of the case the body never dies. There is that which l...
Luke 20:2 . Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things. A question after all his miracles which offered the foulest insult to God, and was the emanation of complot and of malice. See Matt...
There were, therefore, seven brethren The world to come I. THAT THERE IS ANOTHER WORLD. Our Lord calls it that world. It is evidently opposed to “this world” ( Luke 20:34 ); “the children of...
EXPOSITION Luke 20:1-42 Question of the priests and scribes as to the nature of the authority under which Jesus was acting. Luke 20:1 , Luke 20:2 And it came to pass, that on...
The answer of the Lord:
2 Corinthians 13:4 ; 2 Corinthians 6:16 ; Colossians 3:3 ; Colossians 3:4 ; Hebrews 11:16 ; John 11:25 ; John 11:26 ; John 14:19 ; John 6:57 ; Psalms 145:1 ; Psalms 145:2 ; Psalms 16:5-11...
He is not a God of the dead, or, there is no God of the dead — That is, tho term God implies such a relation, as cannot possibly subsist between him and the dead; who in the Sadducees' sense are ex...