Luke 20:38
Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.”
World English Bible
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
39Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”
Cross References
Psalms 16:5The LORD assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
Psalms 145:1I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
Romans 6:10For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.
Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
2 Corinthians 13:4For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through 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 →