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Luke 20:38

Now God is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for they all live to him.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

37But that the dead will arise, even Moses showed; for, at the bush, he maketh mention, while he saith: The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

39And some of the Scribes answered, and said to him: Teacher, thou hast spoken well.

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Cross References

John 11:25Jesus said to her: I am the consolation, and life. And he that believeth in me, though he should die, will live.

Romans 6:10For in dying, he died for sin, once; and in living, he liveth unto God.

Romans 14:7For there is not one of us, who liveth for himself: and there is not one, who dieth for himself.

2 Corinthians 13:4For, though he was crucified in weakness, yet he liveth with the power of God. We also are weak with him; yet we are alive with him, by that power of God which is 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 →

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