Luke 20:38
He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
In Context
39And certain of the scribes answered and said: Teacher, thou hast answered well.
Cross References
John 11:25Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believes on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live;
Romans 6:10for, as it regards his dying, he, once for all, died to sin; but as it regards his living, he lives to God.
Romans 14:7For no one lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
2 Corinthians 13:4for though he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
Matthew Henry on Luke 20:28-39
The Cavil of the Sadducees. 27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. 31 And the third took her; and in like… Read the whole commentary →