Luke 20:38
And so he is not the God of the dead, but of the living. For all are alive to him.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
39Then some of the scribes, in response, said to him, “Teacher, you have spoken well.”
Cross References
Psalms 16:5Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.
Psalms 145:1Alleluia. Of Haggai and Zachariah.
John 11:25Jesus said to her: “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me, even though he has died, he shall live.
Romans 6:10For in as much as he died for sin, he died once. But in as much as he lives, he lives for God.
Romans 14:7For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself.
2 Corinthians 13:4For although he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. And yes, we are weak in him. But we shall live with him by the power of God among 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 →