Luke 20:38
"Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for to him all are alive.’
Montgomery 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
39Then some of the Scribes said, "Teacher, that was nobly said,"
Cross References
John 11:25"I am the resurrection and the life, "said Jesus. "He who believes in me, even if he has died, shall live.
Romans 6:10For the death that he died, he died unto sin once for all; but the life that he lives he is living unto God.
Romans 14:7For not one of us lives unto himself, and not one dies unto himself.
2 Corinthians 13:4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he now lives through the power of God. I also am weak, sharing in his weakness, but I shall live with him by the power of God.
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 →